SC/Palmetto State Hangers Turkey Creek Backpacking Trip

[Gresh]

You coulda grilled burgers, but you wouldn't have wanted us anywhere NEAR su casa. I'm pretty sure there's a lingering stench around that area.

[Paulie]

Just learned from JunebugDawn that we did the more difficult leg of the trail, rather than the intended easier leg of the trail.

Fantastic.

That was the difficult leg...ha...

[Junebugdawn]

Just learned from JunebugDawn that we did the more difficult leg of the trail, rather than the intended easier leg of the trail.

Fantastic.

Well, at least we can stop thinking we were having difficulty with the "relatively flat" leg and be even more proud of ourselves!

[Paulie]

Well, at least we can stop thinking we were having difficulty with the "relatively flat" leg and be even more proud of ourselves!

[03XJeep]

Sounds like this was a really good trip. I hiked up that way not too long ago. I am still trying to get my hiking legs built back up as well. Some of the Palmetto trail in the Poinsette/Manchester parks are really flat (actually old rail road bed) and are really easy and pretty areas. Would make for an easy family hike maybe with an offroad or jogging stroller for the little one.

[FLRider]

Be glad that JunebugDawn set up the trip and I didn't...

'S th' truth!


Gresh, I'm glad you managed to make it on out and were able to finish out ~9 miles of the most difficult terrain on that trail. That's saying something in the Carolinas: "difficult" down here in FL means sugar sand and ~40-ft hills, not, "I can reach out and touch the trail in front of me without bending my knees or back, and I've got another six miles of this to go!"

It looks like everyone had a great time, and that's an awfully beautiful section of the country there. I love me the high country, despite only having been an handful of times.

You might not be able to get out every weekend for backpacking trips (which is perfectly okay; family comes first), but can you put aside an half-hour to an hour a day? And two or three on the weekend? Then you can at least get your fitness level to where doing five or ten miles doesn't feel like a death march (well, depending on which five or ten miles it is ).

I started on general physical fitness seriously after my first trip with Jeremy (see above, regarding his trip planning ); before that, I had thought I was in decent shape. Now, I actually am. It's a matter of doing something for an half-hour plus, six days a week. Depending on your goals, that "something" need not be super-intense; it could be as simple as taking your pack and walking up and down the nearest hill for an half-hour or as complex as a triathlon training schedule, depending on what you want. The key is doing something. Which I'm sure you know, considering your continuing efforts to drop weight and get back into shape. Still and all, it's worth mentioning that there really are benefits that do come along as you get back into shape.

Congratulations on your first backpacking trip in a long while, and the effort you made to get there! There's nothing like the sense of accomplishment you can get from realizing that you did better than you've done before.

Thanks for sharing!