I feel your pain, Gypsy. I did this section back in May of this year and was so excited to get to this deli. Had made the whole road walk only to find it closed. It was Mother’s Day. I should have known better. 😐 Rewatching some sections of your hike. Still my favorite AT thru hike ever!
@bearcingetorix6326Ай бұрын
You can so easily tell a person's station in life by how they react to the different hostels. People think America doesn't have classes like England. They are wrong. I could even tell your political leanings off this video.😂
@matthewgallant36222 ай бұрын
I just did the Franconia Ridge loop, I wanna do this loop next. I’ve always loved Franconia Notch and I’m now hiking the peaks there I wanna do all of them.
@remirez2k32 ай бұрын
i so agree and resonate with tip 3 personally speaking i have an added bonus locally of being relatively near sections of the PCT living in portland oregon that over the next year i plan to do several 1-3 hundred mile section hikes as preperation for my doing the AT
@remirez2k32 ай бұрын
just a note for those doing resupply boxes, it takes a little time to pick them up but you can go to a local post office in your town and get the boxes totally free thus saving a few dollars that way.
@newenglandgreenman2 ай бұрын
Thanks for the preview! Heading up there in a couple days.
@bucky7163 ай бұрын
Headed to the Whites in a couple weeks with this route on my short list! Thanks for the video. :)
@SparkyOne5493 ай бұрын
What a wealth of Information. Thanks so much.
@craigjonanderson3 ай бұрын
So you guys have a list of mail drop addresses that you are willing to share?
@kevinferri67184 ай бұрын
Nice LedZep tat!
@SolarSailor4 ай бұрын
Great video! I'm thinking about going solo in 2025. Are the trails easy to follow, or was there ever a point where you got lost?
@bratttt1005 ай бұрын
And who knew..... now married and making your way in life. Sweet Maple Syrup and amazing hikes. Congratulations on your adventures and THANK YOU for sharing. Loved your AT adventure and Honeymoon video's. Amazing !!!
@hikinghomesteaders5 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for your very kind words and following along. <3 We would be nowhere without our wonderful fans.
@NoahEastCoastSkier6 ай бұрын
Wildcat isn't abandoned??
@hikinghomesteaders5 ай бұрын
LOL, I don't know why we titled this - Just that we were hiking in the spring and it wasn't running that time of year.
@JohnBishard6 ай бұрын
Great to see you two hiking. I enjoy your videos
@hikinghomesteaders5 ай бұрын
Thank you for your continued support!
@JohnBishard6 ай бұрын
Where are you two now? Any hiking trips planned? Just wondering
@hikinghomesteaders5 ай бұрын
We are homesteading in rural Maine! Hoping to hike a trail this fall...stay tuned. :)
@suemoore19656 ай бұрын
Thanks for the info. Always check reviews too
@hikinghomesteaders5 ай бұрын
No problem 👍
@carriehagstrom97777 ай бұрын
That was a beautiful adventure! And a crazy end to the trail! Congrats!!
@hikinghomesteaders5 ай бұрын
Thank you for following along! <3
@KatieValleyBourdeau7 ай бұрын
Such a sweet love story. So adorable! Love the Yankee/Sox banter. Sorry Fern, but goooo Sox😂😂
@hikinghomesteaders5 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching! (I'm ignoring the second half of your comment) LOL <3 Much love.
@KatieValleyBourdeau5 ай бұрын
Lol. How about those Celtics? 🍀
@ThatFrigonHiker7 ай бұрын
Oh my goodness, there are no words. Just breathtaking!! What an incredible way to cap off your adventure!
@hikinghomesteaders5 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for watching Marc!! Sending you really big love. Hope your summer is magical!
@MikeRyder-ml2mb7 ай бұрын
Great view of the Matterhorn. It almost didn’t look real out there among the clouds. Wow - you guys were brave going over that long suspension bridge! How long was that? How civilized having that wooden overhang over the edge of the trail to protect hikers from falling rocks. That partially filled tube was pretty sketchy. Was thinking you’d get in and come to a place it was all blocked off. Wonder how they got all that concrete, rebar, and metal tubes all the way up there to make that all? Must be all those helicopters you constantly saw. Thanks for sharing your epic trip!
@hikinghomesteaders5 ай бұрын
It didn't seem real to us either! The Charles Kuonen Suspension Bridge is about 500 meters, so about .3 miles long. It felt like it went on forever! The overhang was concrete and rebar! And we were very grateful for it. Some rock actually fell while we were traversing. The culvert full of mud really made our hairs stand on end! Every one kept getting worse. I think the AT really taught us, the only way is forward! Helicopter deliveries were so normal over there, cannon imagine the training and skill it takes to fly those over such rugged terrain. Thank you for being so supportive of our channel!
@KatieValleyBourdeau7 ай бұрын
It was great meeting both of you at the AMC award ceremony last night! Cannot wait to try your delicious syrup! Will you be selling honey soon? Also, please let me know when you have the South Twin patch completed. Everything looked incredible. Best of luck with all your adventures. Katie
@hikinghomesteaders5 ай бұрын
It was wonderful to meet you too, Katie! Thank you so much for stopping by. Hoping to sell honey this fall. Wishing you a really joyful summer full of hiking adventures!
@jonathanwtea7 ай бұрын
Epic! Epic! Epic! Thank you for sharing you two! Good people, good attitudes, good life! Love ya’ll! ❤
@hikinghomesteaders5 ай бұрын
We love you too, JT! <3 Thank you for being a lifelong friend to us. Much love.
@jonathanwtea7 ай бұрын
12:12 When you show the washed out bridge sliding down the mountain only to reveal that Fern has already crossed!!! 😮 Epic!
@hikinghomesteaders5 ай бұрын
So glad y'all didn't notice that I was shaking in my HOKAs LOL! <3
@SoggyTreks7 ай бұрын
So I see you are over two weeks now walking the Haute Route. I thought it could easily be done in a shorter amount of time. How much time do you recommend?
@hikinghomesteaders7 ай бұрын
It took us 16 days with rest days before and after. This was our honeymoon, so we wanted to really take things slow. I wouldn't really suggest going much faster than this either. Huts need to you check in by a certain time and the rocky terrain can be really slow going. You could probably do it in 12-14 days if you wanted to rush through it and potentially get injured.
@hikerbikerclutz83777 ай бұрын
Still one of the best vids. Every future thru hiker should absolutely watch this.
@hikinghomesteaders7 ай бұрын
Thank you for the kind words, Robert!
@chriseidam73198 ай бұрын
So that's how my wife and I can use that food processor that we bought in a Savers about 10 years ago and never used. A date ball or date stick recipe has been in my family for at least 70 years. My grandmother got it out of a magazine. I'm shocked to run across another person that knows about something close to the recipe. I've never met anybody that knew about our recipe. They're absolutely amazing tasting. Absolutely amazing tasting to the max! Lol. Seriously, though, I put out some of the ingredients last night. I'm going to start making them for the hiking season this year. Now that is a coincidence. Thanks for all the tips. This is a particularly useful video on food. About our recipe, first, You should buy a nut grinder from a kitchen supply store. It's much easier to chop up the walnuts that way. It also works really well on pecans and peanuts. Almonds will destroy a nut chopper. Our recipe is the following: Approximately two cups of chopped dates. Half a cup of sugar or a third cup of honey. Stick of butter. One egg. Two cups of Rice Krispies. Half a cup of chopped walnuts. Organic dried coconut flakes. We melt the butter in a saucepan on a medium-low heat and add the sugar. When the butter is melted, we add the dates and start stirring the three ingredients on a medium heat. Sugar works better than honey because sugar will caramelize. Honey won't. Honey will end up with loose and sticky date treats. The sugar will hold them and bind them together. But the honey is healthful for your diet. So make your choice. You will next add the egg. I like to beat the egg first and very gradually stir it in as I stir The other ingredients in the pan vigorously. The trick is not to let the cook the egg before it's mixed in with the other ingredients. So stir quickly. By now, those other ingredients should be a sticky paste. The egg will serve to hold them together better. Take the cooked off the heat when it is smooth and sticky, like a nugghaut. You can let it cool a little bit or you can start to add the walnuts and then the Rice Krispies. But the longer you wait, the harder it will be to stir these two ingredients into the mixture. When it's cool enough to handle the mixture, start rolling it into sticks or into balls and then roll those liberally in fresh coconut. You are done. It will take you about an hour to do all of that. I usually do two or three or even four batches at a time just because it's such a sticky mess all over your hands that you just want to get that part done once and for all. That's a lot of calories in four batches. I think you'll like our recipe a little bit better than yours, even though it requires a bit more work. Bon appetit!
@hikinghomesteaders7 ай бұрын
Hey Chris! What a joy your comment was to come across. Thank you a million for sharing your family recipe, this really inspired us! We'll be sure to make several batches for this summers hiking season. May we use maple syrup instead of honey or sugar? We made 60 gallons of it this year in our sugarbush - so it's a favorite ingredient around here. We also have a coffee grinder, do you think that would work for the nuts? Hope you have a really joyful day, thank you again! :) Happy Trails, Evan & Caroline
@chriseidam73197 ай бұрын
@@hikinghomesteaders As far as using a coffee grinder for the nuts, as long as you don't overdo it. You want pieces of walnut that are pretty much the size of a Rice krispie. Maybe half the size of Rice krispie. But if it ends up being like dust that won't be the same. It will change what it is. I think you'll have the same problem with maple syrup that I had with honey, being that it won't caramelize like granulated sugar. Even brown sugar didn't work as well as granulated white sugar. I have used stevia as a sugar substitute, and that actually worked okay. You have to use about two-thirds less. I bet the maple syrup would give it a really cool taste. Might I suggest that you do one with granulated sugar to see how they're supposed to be, and then do a second batch using the maple syrup to compare how well they congeal, the overall texture, if it's going to caramelize or not, etc, etc, etc. That's how I learned that honey didn't work well, but stevia did, as long as I used two-thirds less than I used for sugar.
@ThatFrigonHiker8 ай бұрын
That note covered in 45s... 🤣🤣 Love that you got snow on your honeymoon too!! That is so cool!
@hikinghomesteaders8 ай бұрын
We were clearly not having any fun...LOL. The snow was just beyond magical! I put on Enya music and was just totally living in fantasy land
@MikeRyder-ml2mb8 ай бұрын
Magical location. Is that Matterhorn drawing a preview of a new sticker coming? 🏔
@hikinghomesteaders8 ай бұрын
How did you guess?! :)
@bucky7168 ай бұрын
Have the mountains back home looked tiny after experiencing this trip to the Alps?
@hikinghomesteaders8 ай бұрын
Unfortunately, yes...But Appalachia is such a special place to us. And something the alps did not offer...lush moss forests, many trees, and diverse mushrooms...We missed our trees dearly.
@MikeRyder-ml2mb8 ай бұрын
Like those trail intersection signs in hours versus miles. Have you found them somewhat accurate for your pace? Great trip.... funny how the Simpsons make their presence known around the world 😀
@hikinghomesteaders8 ай бұрын
They were extremely accurate! I think we should use hours in the US too...really helps folks to consider how long a trail takes and maybe would prevent some rescues!
@RendezvousTribe8 ай бұрын
Poor ducky doesn’t float without help.
@hikinghomesteaders8 ай бұрын
I know poor guy is just doin the best he can, I think the elevation change to 9k feet knocked him for a loop
@KrizAkoni8 ай бұрын
Everything looks so big…like massive.
@hikinghomesteaders8 ай бұрын
We just cried so hard on the taxi from the airport. You just wouldn't not believe how jagged and tall the mountains are...picutres just don't do it justice.
@noveltynation87598 ай бұрын
2 Month Gap :o. Life is lifing eh? Hope all is well gang :)
@hikinghomesteaders8 ай бұрын
Life has been a hurricane...in a good way! :) We moved into our home (!) A tour coming soon. <3
@MudFlap628 ай бұрын
Glad to see you back. Just started watching the entire Walkers Haute Route playlist. Looks spectacular. ☮️
@hikinghomesteaders8 ай бұрын
Thank you for your support! Finally got our act together to get the videos all out. We have two more Haute Route videos left for you. The Europaweg will be the grand finale.
@Kari-bb3rm9 ай бұрын
Beautiful documentary 👏 ❤️ 💙 ♥️
@hikinghomesteaders8 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for watching, Kari! <3
@Kari-bb3rm9 ай бұрын
I just found you guys today! Very entertaining. What a beautiful couple you are!
@Kari-bb3rm9 ай бұрын
Wilson!!!!
@hikinghomesteaders8 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for the kind words. So happy you enjoy the videos. <3
@hikinghomesteaders8 ай бұрын
You'll be pleased to know...Wilson is still alive and thriving...AND we planted him a girlfriend...WILMA <3
@KrizAkoni9 ай бұрын
Plan to do a variation of this next weekend. Practicing my winter skills, snarfing 3 more NH48, and a few more AT section miles. This gives me a good feel for what to expect…less the snow.
@hikinghomesteaders8 ай бұрын
Your winter hikes are seriously inspiring us. Keep it up AlphaGal! Can't wait to see you tackle Maine in September.
@KrizAkoni8 ай бұрын
@@hikinghomesteaders Thank you! I’m inspired by your journeys as well. 🤓
@riverrat829 ай бұрын
That was a sweet camping spot
@hikinghomesteaders8 ай бұрын
It was even more special sharing it with Layerz and FORT EE FYVE!
@riverrat829 ай бұрын
Sounds like you had a great hike and really made the most of your thur hike. I will have to watch your hike😎
@hikinghomesteaders8 ай бұрын
Every single day is filmed and edited! :) There is not a single day when I don't rehike this trail in my heart.
@SmokeyDukems10 ай бұрын
Do you have to stay at hostels or hotels during the AT thru hike or can you camp the whole thing, if wanted?
@hikinghomesteaders10 ай бұрын
You can stay in as many or few hostels and hotels as you wish, and camp freely in most states. Only a few sections on trail where camping is prohibited. Hike your own hike!
@boogada10 ай бұрын
We did this right after the storm and the cold weather the week after. We did it in half a meter of snow. There was literally one person before us over the pass - so we had one track to follow. A memory I won't ever forget.
@hikinghomesteaders8 ай бұрын
WOW! I cannot imagine tackling these trails in the snow. Y'all are so brave. Must have added such a new layer of beauty to the landscape.
@carriehagstrom977710 ай бұрын
Beautiful!
@hikinghomesteaders8 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching! <3
@wyldwestMedicineMan10 ай бұрын
it is 200 kilometers
@michaelfarwell7210 ай бұрын
Hello, sending my 17 year old son and his friend off on the AT in a few short months, so I really appreciate this video. Is there any chance you could share the exact list of 25 resupply points that you used? Having trouble working the spreadsheet to filter it down to 25 points. Hope that makes sense.
@hikinghomesteaders8 ай бұрын
Yes, absolutely! Here is the link. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PA8kHL5ltmF9I8HJwnSSbW_kAAABlS8P7E-E6Ncn-cY/edit?usp=sharing
@GreenDragonHostel10 ай бұрын
This is a great video; it's packed with great information. Green Dragon Hostel - Bill
@hikinghomesteaders8 ай бұрын
Thank you for the support, Bill!
@bucky71610 ай бұрын
Fern loosened the key about 45 times so it'd work on the first try! Thanks for sharing the journey.
@hikinghomesteaders10 ай бұрын
🤣 I wish I could like this comment 45 times
@seymourtrails648510 ай бұрын
Wow,what a country!!! Good work having fun!!!!!Very good stuff Y’all!!!✌️
@hikinghomesteaders10 ай бұрын
It's easy to have fun when you have such an adventurous and loving partner. :) Good stuff will always come your way.