Marty-n-Renee AT2024

"Buck up sailor, it's adventure time!!" We meet a fella in Franklin NC who introduced us to this phrase, and we like it. His father would...

Upon recently seeing our "old" friend Moscow Mule (KINDA recently, time is funny out here...), we commented on having dipped into...

When you need something, it will appear. Sounds a bit like a Hogwarts lesson, yeah? It works, though. "The trail provides" is almost...

GUY SMILEY My trail name came first. It doesn't roll off the tongue like some others (I am mostly just referred to as 'Guy' out here),...

0530 machine-gun fire, good morning!! I've already been up for some time. The wet clothes clumped at the bottom of the tent needed to be...

Quick notes: those of you not connected to me on Facebook, send a request to Marty Ess, there's little clips of our more current stuff...

Mufasa leaves at 3a.m. to beat the rain (a little bit will catch him prior to getting to his truck). His headlamp activity reminds me of...

Sammen, Norwegian for together. For the first few days of our hike I start by reciting a mantra to Renee about doing this together...

We are here!! I wrote a much longer post earlier with many more pictures, but it seems to have failed? I hate technology, but love our...

We've been away from the UMMHC Critical Care Unit for 2 years, yet they came through with these cool hiking shirts. (Not to mention, ...

Seventeen days until we start our southbound drive, twenty until we start marching back North. Unreal! Got out yesterday on the midstate,...

We've been doing this for a while. Some of the gear is new, though, and we haven't been practicing as much as we should this year. So....

Boynton Park, Worcester. Today 🤠💦

Hi y'all !! Welcome to Renee and Marty's A.T. Blog. 🤠👣🐾🤠 We've been a couple since 2015, married on 4/22/21 (Earth Day!🌍). The thing...