Georgia…Georgia…

So this is my first attempt at the word press app on my iPhone. Normally I’m a big fan of typing with my fingers on the home keys. That’s not really possible on here, but I expect my thumbs, much like my legs, will become much more agile in a few weeks.

But I digress…I’m in Georgia! At the Atlanta airport. I am waiting around to board the MARTA (Atlanta’s light rail) to take me to the end of the line where the folks from Hiker Hostel where we’re staying tonight will be waiting to pick me up. There are some fellow incoming thru-hikers whose flight is a bit after mine, and since we’re ride sharing, I’ve got some time to kill.

It’s slightly inconceivable that the distance I traveled on the 2 hour flight down here from New York will take me 3 months to return to by foot. And that we’ll still have another 5 states to go after that! Wow. I think I will have a whole new understanding of the life of the early pioneers and the native sons and nomads of this land. Traveling by foot was at one time the only way to go. Now it’s nearly unheard of. I mean even in the city we have the subway and buses to get us around.

After weeks of doing everything in my power to make sure all of my ducks were in a row, automating all of my bill payments, pre-writing checks for my quarterly taxes, planning my upcoming wedding, making sure there’s enough cat food, dyeing my hair back to it’s natural color so I don’t have to do the upkeep on the trail – I’m friggin’ here! And I’m not really sure what happens next. Don’t know when I’ll post again, don’t know how long the iPhone battery is good for or my camera batteries for that matter….but I do know we’ll have food, shelter and our trusty hiking poles.

Guess I’ll truly just have to take it one step at a time.