by J Bird | Oct 30, 2020 | Adventure, Appalachian Trail, Stories
Day 3 – March 23, 2020, A Story of Our Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike We woke up soaking wet, freezing cold, and disgruntled at the company who sold us our expensive ultralight tent. It rained hard that night and it seemed as if the tent was not waterproof at all....
by J Bird | Oct 26, 2020 | Forage the Forest, Plants
Plant: Allium tricoccum, Wild Ramp (onion, leek, garlic, scallion, chive, and shallot family) RAMPS!!!!!!!!! We couldn’t be more thrilled to learn about this magnificent wild edible that popped up in the spring all over high elevation areas in the mountains of...
by J Bird | Oct 22, 2020 | Forage the Forest, Plants
Plant: Taraxacum officinale, Common Dandelion We know you know this plant. We were certainly happy to come across dandelions in the beginning of our Appalachian Trail thru-hike when we knew nothing about foraging besides that dandelions are edible. It was like finding...
by J Bird | Oct 21, 2020 | Adventure, Appalachian Trail, Stories
Day 2 – March 22, 2020, A Story of Our Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike We couldn’t believe it… We were officially saying our goodbyes to our friend, my dad, and the societal life we had lived before. As we picked up our packs weighing around 40 pounds,...
by J Bird | Oct 20, 2020 | Adventure, Appalachian Trail, Stories
Are you ready to embark with us on our Appalachian Trail adventure? You better be…because here it goes with: Day 1 – March 21, 2020, A Story of Our AT Thru-Hike! Total chaos. We woke up at 4:00 a.m. to get our packs configured, prepare 3 weeks worth of...
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