Woke up this morning in Fort Smith Arkansas. Eleven hours to go to Woodstock Georgia.
We did a final weigh-in of our packs before leaving the house yesterday, Eric's registered 32 lbs and Michelle's is at 22. This is before adding drinking water. Each of us can carry up to three liters which would add 6.6 lbs. Hopefully there will be a lot of streams to get water from so we will not have to carry that much.
Everything in our packs is a carefully considered balance of functionality and weight. This means that we do things like bring a toothbrush, but cut most of the handle off with a saw.
Today we should finish the drive, tomorrow make it to the trail and drop of a car at our expected end point, and get one last bed and shower before we start hiking on Monday.
Just make sure you saw off the right end of the toothbrush!! Happy Trails and God's speed.
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