Good times on Springer

**Coffee** · 01-22-2008, 08:29

Originally Posted by Ghost93

Congrats HE. Now you have to find a something to fill in the time until your next adventure. As for anothoer Idea, The Great Eastern Loop. Its a loop hike of the A.T., North Country Senic Trail, the GET, and the Benton MacKaye trail. Just a thought, again congrats.

Thanks, if you make it down my way I will be more than happy to return the ride and place to stay favor. I am eyeing section hiking the BMT. That probibly won't start until this summer. I want to do a trip to the South GA swamp before the bugs come out.

The sad thing is the next major adventure is in it's pre-research stage. Unfortunatly it will be hammockless. But there are not much trees in the high desert.

**Youngblood** · 01-22-2008, 08:39

Originally Posted by hammock engineer

Thanks. It's hard to say what tricks I learned. The biggest one is there are so many options out there for everything. Look at what everyone is doing and decide what you like best. If someone tells you there is only one way to do it or this is the best way, don't listen to anything after what they say they are using.

Congratulations on finishing your journey. There are lots of backpacking opportunities within a couple of hours of the Atlanta area and year round trips are possible without brutal winter conditions. The Pinhoti Trail in Alabama and the Foothills Trail in (mostly) South Carolina are little known jewels. Of course north Georgia, Tennessee and western North Carolina have some great trails too.

From your quote above, you learned a great deal and have the wisdom to use it.

**peanuts** · 01-22-2008, 11:50

congratulations coffee!!!
there are plenty of places to go and hang here in georgia!

**Cannibal** · 01-22-2008, 11:58

You're my hero Coffee, Hammock Engineer, or Nate! Thanks for letting all of us tag along on your adventure and thanks for getting me off the ground!

**cgul1** · 01-23-2008, 16:30

HE, Coffee,
Congrats on finishing the Thru!!
Enjoyed your TJ immensely!!
You are going to miss winter here in OH ......NOT

**Coffee** · 01-23-2008, 16:50

Yeah definitly not.

I am uploading a bunch of pics to the TJ and working on the last couple entries. I plan on doing a couple post hike thoughts entries.

Thanks everyone for following. Let me know if there is something that you think I can do better on my next journal.

**tight-wad** · 01-23-2008, 23:57

Congrats Nate.

I immensely enjoyed "hiking with you" through your trail journal. You did a great job telling us like it was. Thank you.

Your occasional "rants" also taught me to be very concious and very polite to the thru hikers I hope to meet in the coming years! And.. don't ever think about hiking with a dog

Pinhoti trail in Alabama is nice, but no shelters!