Day 64 | Finishing the Shenandoahs & Camping on the Shenandoah River | Appalachian Trail 2021

[@terrybearden5123]

“I love everything.” Best line ever. 👍

[@Djhikes63]

"I love everything!" That was perfect, Kelly😆

[@rosemarymcleod4074]

Beautiful views today. Love the camping by the river.

[@discoveringlockenest8420]

The Shenandoah National Park is one of our favorite! When our kids were young we camped all out in there and had such wonderful experiences! Time to get back soon! Great video! Keep on trucking Kelly! 🤙

[@brianstaley7823]

I'm the owner of the grey cooler and makes me smile that all of you were so appreciative of the magic inside. Was putting 2 cases a day in that thing for a span of 3 weeks and couldn't resupply it fast enough at times. Don't know where the jerky came from and was curious if anyone tried it, but now I know my answer. All the best on the rest of your journey!

[@kellyhays23]

Omg wow!!! You are so awesome for doing this for everyone! That trail magic made my entire day. Thank you so so much!

[@jpascaln]

Many thanks Brian.

[@mb692100]

Hey 9 Lives.. Good comments about not letting the trail become a rat race and that you're out there to enjoy the trail. A thru-hiker has to be so careful not to let the mindset of off-trail life sabotage his trail experience. For example, we often bring onto the trail the notion that every minute has to produce something tangible or we're not being productive. We often take onto the trail a combative, controlling attitude that the trail has to adjust to us because in our "real life' we can have the power to control things around us. It's hard to devoid ourselves of these attitudes, but if we don't, we end up fighting the trail instead of flowing with it to gain what it has for us. The trail isn't out there for us; we're out there for the trail, and it will impose itself on us in any way it deems fit to mold and shape us. And if we carry the rat-race attitude of speed and control of everything onto the trail, the trek ceases to a journey of discovery and becomes just another day at work... where nobody understands that sometimes doing "nothing" is more important than doing "something." Or as Jesus put it: "Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place and rest a while:"

[@gratefulhikes]

Hey Kelly! 100% fact, you have to listen to your body, and You gotta be kind to your mind. Balance is what we crave, and you are totally killing it in that department! So glad to hear you listening to the greatest band in all the land! I heard an amazing Loser on my hike yesterday, Such an under appreciated tune. Such epic views today. Just one after another after another. So that is not a pet I would expect to see on trail 😂 so cool though. So sad to leave SNP, but you will be back. Take the van, set it up and live your beat van life! Dude, there is no way I would have eaten that sketchy ass bag of trail meat floating in a dirty cooler lol. I love how you have and entire case of truly in tent! That is legit! I can’t wait for tomorrow’s vlog! Gonna be awesome! Thanks for bringing us along today. I hope tomorrow’s miles are kind. Keep truck in’ and be well. #giveashit -Grateful

[@user-David-Alan]

Thank you for the beautiful views. Stay well and I hope you had fun on the river. Hike on and be safe.

[@williamking2249]

Good video. Up here in NH. All the hikers have been in huge rain for the past couple weeks non stop. You had some good weather around the 4th of July🌲👍

[@fafafohi2boss533]

I live in New Hampshire... Enjoy New England.. when you get here 😇

[@dannythecamper4186]

Good video, with lots of great beautiful views, so let's keep on hiking 🚶‍♀️😀😊

[@sandrap3047]

Hope you had a great 4th! No need to explain slowing down! It’s your hike! You get to do whatever the heck you want to! I love that you want to take the time to slow down & enjoy things on the trail!

[@spiritlove2]

I love everything is exactly how I want to end my day.

[@glennlawrence7251]

The Lord 🙏 bless you as always ... I kept checking my notifications and I was so glad to see you post . Thanks again for sharing your trail life with us .... You are a remarkable young lady ...I'm 64 an old timer ...dad blast it ? Never heard that one before .....these trail magic coolers are something... Happy trails ....

[@kaitlynszmidt4605]

Living the dream

[@fafafohi2boss533]

Your doing great... Enjoy..

[@josephmello4517]

Excellent progress! Hope you enjoyed Virginia.

[@MattGoins82]

I remember telling you like a year ago when you had like less than 1000 subs and i had 2000 that you'd get there in no time and now look at ya! Keep it up fellow Arkansan you got this!

[@karenhershey4995]

Yay! River camping looks great. And I heard you listening to Loser! I’m glad you loved Shenandoah! ❤️

[@jduggan4129]

THANK YOU FOR TAKING ME ON YOUR ADVENTURE. LOVE YOU GUYS. JOANNA CALIFORNIA

[@ianmickelwright4136]

Love watching your videos! 😀

[@jordanclifton8196]

have fun and go wild

[@backwoodsgardener7314]

Yes ma’am sometimes u got to take it easy!!

[@J4060]

Hike your hike!

[@glennlawrence7251]

We miss you ! I am waiting for the 4 th of July episode 🤣

[@eddieeteuati2540]

Nice 🌞🤩👍🙏🤙all of you guys are blessed 🙏 l wish I could do what you guys are doing ... Enjoyed .

[@davidlooney3018]

Cool spot to camp. Looks like a river we float up here in Tn called the Hiwasee. Did y’all get a black berry milkshake in the Shenandoah everyone says they are amazing?

[@toddschmutz9860]

You gotta do the CDT NEXT

[@wcbill56]

Is the orange device that you have clipped on to your backpack a locater to track where you are?

[@floorticket]

"Tramily" is the portmanteau of the day.

[@winkhvac62]

Well Done

[@GiraffeLoverJen]

It always made me kinda sad that hikers plan their AT hikes sometimes years in advance then they feel like they have to blast through the trail and miss some of the beautiful views just to reach the end in time. I get that there's sorta a "deadline" to get to Katahdin, but in the end is it really worth it to push bodies beyond health and miss the experience of nature?

[@mb692100]

GiraffeLoverJen.. The answer to your question is "no." But just to clarify, you don't really miss the experience of nature on a thru-hike....you just get to experience much less of it than you would like. I have found that the opportunity to experience nature is far greater on a section hike than on a thru-hike. Here's why: A thru-hike, of necessity, is a scheduling nightmare. From the moment you depart Springer all the way to Katahdin, you're constantly planning and monitoring your mileage and time so as to arrive at Katahdin before bad weather would delay your summit day. In some ways it's like a job where each day you have to plan out the next day's schedule. There's the constant nagging question in your mind..."I'm I going fast enough, what if I'm injured and have to take time off...will I make it in time?" There are days when you'd like to stop and just linger at some special spot, but you don't because you're afraid it would put you behind schedule. This is just the "necessary evil" of a thru-hike, and we all accept it because there is no greater experience of accomplishment than to touch that sign on Katahdin. But for the sheer, ultimate experience of nature, nothing is better than a section hike or any long-distance trail hike. There you have a start time and an end time, but, unlike an AT thru-hike, you're under no obligation to reach that end point at a designated time. If you have, for example, three weeks and you plan to go from A to B but you only make half way in the allotted time because you've been tarrying along the way to soak up all that nature has to offer , no problem, you just get off trail where you are. Yet for the pride of accomplishment, the physical challenge, the spiritual and character growth, the sense of self-worth, the discovery of who you really are, and the experience of a lifetime, perhaps no other effort in life can surpass a thru-hike. But if one's ultimate and primary goal is to immerse himself into the world of nature to draw from it all that he can without the burden of time constraints, then the other types of hiking, aside from thru-hiking, should be considered. No one type of hike is necessarily better than another. It's just that each has its own special benefits.

[@kosanmr2]

Given the loads of miles you walk, do you have to replace your shoes?!

[@trxmpg70]

Very nice, very nice!!!! Keep trekking to Carlisle Pa "AT" section. Hit us up.

[@jasonl1822]

LOL that first time you filter water on the AT it is the coolest thing ever, about the 3,348th time this is pretty much everyone... kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKu6haapaJKmqsk

[@gabriele1975]

He ate that beef jerky straight out of the cooler like true Hiker Trash! 🤣😂😅

[@josephmello4517]

Have you had any harder time breathing bc of the smoke being pushed in from the fires out west?

[@mitchholder99]

what did u record your videos on?

[@JLowe-uu8lr]

Trek on kelly n gracie !=8)

[@tvtoms]

Don't blame the state for the weather you're having that day. 🤕🌞

[@toddschmutz9860]

What ya mean before it closes??

[@russdelaney7622]

Katahdin state park closes on Oct 22 for the winter

[@toddschmutz9860]

I did not know. This is why I watch every single video I can. I’m headed to the AT. For throu hike in 2025.

[@toddschmutz9860]

Good deal. I subscribed to your channel. Mine is called Schmutz on your boots.

[@djg5950]

@S M What closes are the campgrounds. Officially Oct 15th. I know they say the 22nd (extended time) but I'm not sure if that includes the campground at Katahdin Stream. If you're close to summitting after the 15th you should call and ask. Correct on winter hiking but I think there's special rules about that, too. Permits required and you have to show you're able to do it. They don't have the ability to form SAR teams to rescue stranded hikers like Mt. Washington does. You're pretty much on your own in winter.

[@seawalkarrg]

See any UFOs out there?!

[@seawalkarrg]

@S M no anal probes here! But I have see a lot of stars and the Milky Way out in Shenandoah

[@seawalkarrg]

@S M wow that’s got to be amazing! Can’t see jack around here on the east coast of the U.S

[@frankiesgunsandglitter]

Who is the new guy? Lol

[@eddy4112]

Kelly, you should feel no need to justify taking your time, listening to your body, or enjoying the trip. You are not in Army Ranger training ! Your spirit, testimony and smile are an inspiration to many....and we recognize the source of those attributes. Hope you didn't get poison ivy!!!

[@randybeeson3424]

You didnt see any bears? You must sing horribly!😜

[@djg5950]

Ha ha ! That's probably the reason No Bears. She never mentioned seeing one. NJ is coming up. More bears spotted in NJ than any other state on the AT. There's still hope.

[@dogadaikimanyak6356]

You are very beautiful :)