No, but I did use a REI compression bag for the magma

Glad you didn't get any damage. I have been watching the AT Trail Towns that got hit. Just heartbreaking what those people are going through.

Thanks. I am so glad it wasn't worse. A couple of friends had big trees land on their houses.

Thank you! It could have been so much worse. We were so fortunate.

It was much more than was forecasted for us. Usually we don't get much this far from the coast.

Most of our biggest trees went. Some may have been 100 or more years old. This property was in the same family since the Civil War, until our house was built in the 1960s. My favorite tree - the biggest and oldest tree did survive. It is a monster.

@@foreignwarren7361 not many enjoy swimming. This guy was raised here and started swimming as a pup. He has passed on now but I have another raised here that also swims. He hasn’t ever learned water rescue.

@@Rabid.Turtles yes they will drop a resupply, but it costs $70. You just have to walk fast so it doesn’t take 10 days. I think I had a light 5 days of food with me. I rationed it and lost a few lbs.

It is such a beautiful area. The Virginia Triple Crown was one of my favorite spots along with Grayson Highlands.

You can drive up pretty close to it from what I remember. Definitely worth the hike.

Hopefully there won't be as much rain as last year for the 2024 folks. Old Buzzard is on trail right now doing the Mountains To Sea Trail in NC. Am sure he is getting damp.

@@JoelWhite-b6l thank you! I do have a pair of microspikes. I don’t remember if I had to use them on this trip. I did use them on the AT on day 26 and 27 for sure. Those were the really icy days. Probably a few other times too.

@@hikingmovie Thank you, I'm planning a feb foothills hike and was guessing I might need something for footing due to all the wooden steps. Keep on keeping on forvthe love🥾🥾

@@eddieweick524 no wonder nothing came up when I googled it as a snake. Wish the camera picked up all the colors. It was really beautiful.

I am watching Quadzilla do the $1000 thru-hike too. He is awesome. I only had to buy a new canister a couple of times on the AT because of having the gas refill attachment. Plenty of partial cans of fuel in most hiker boxes. Plus at home I can buy the big cans of fuel and fill my little cans with those. Saves a lot.

Indeed... those fuel cans aren't cheep anymore. I even picked up one of those canister hole punching things so I can disposer the canisters properly. Anyway your docuseries is still one of the finest

@@jerryparnell1064 thank you

Thank you so much!

Yes they do have pretty delicate skin. Thin and not oily like some dogs. Their coat can feel more like rabbit than typical dog fur. So far none of mine have had any trouble with the pool water. We don’t bathe them often with shampoos though. His baths were mainly his swims.

@@hikingmovie Well that is good. I remember watching Jenna and Julien when they adopted their first one and she was telling us about their delicate skin.

I have the small size. But follow the instructions on the website on how to measure your back to get the correct size.

Thank you.

Hi Tobi-Wan! Good to hear from you. Did you finish the trail?

Finished Sep. 20th after 169 days. Miss the trail and the people a bit. Congrats to your Finish.

@@tobih.8047 Congratulations!

It is a LiteAF Feather weight fanny pack made out of Ultra.

Foothills Trail or Palmetto Trail since they are close to where I live now. Would love to hike part or all of the PCT because that is home. Born and raised out there.

None that I know of in the area but I just sent a friend a text. She is in Newberry and has helped shuttle before.

Are you the one that posted on the Palmetto Trail Facebook group?

@@hikingmovieyes that was me 😊

@@hikingmoviethanks so much!

Thank you. Yes I don’t remember a lot of trash on that passage but there was a lot the first time we did the Newberry Passage. Newberry is a LOoong roadwalk with no shade.

Thank you! Really enjoyed your trail videos too. It was nice meeting you and Smokemaster briefly at the hostel in Millinocket.

Yes Heisenberg had one. I hiked with him for awhile. He loved his. I ran into quite a few others with them too and didn’t hear one negative thing about the regular xmid. Everyone seemed to love them.

Yes it is still crunchy sounding, but not as bad as their previous pads.

Thank you.

Bailouts name was given to her on a previous hike by Fresh Ground when she left the trail- it was a planned exit. She wasn’t actually bailing out and only planned to hike a couple of days, but she liked it and decided to keep it as her trail name. Greyhound was a nickname I already had, short for ‘crazy greyhound lady’ I hike with my greyhounds and also did greyhound adoption since 2001. I decided to just continue using that on trail unless a better suggestion came up. Some people had a name when they started some didn’t. Some chose their own names. You can choose to accept a name or not. Some people just used their own names and never accepted a trail name. Totally up to you.

Thank you!