Chestnut Knob Shelter I'd like to use your picture of Chestnut Knob Shelter in a column I'm writing for Tazewell County Free Press.
Jerry Smith
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landstar driver are you the landstar driver that i conversed with @ the truckstop north side of milwaukee this winter or almost spring? have fun be safe tony
thank you I enjoyed reading your 'May 8: NOC to Sassafras Gap Shelter.' As my friend is at the exact spot, tonight. I am preparing a care package to mail tomorrow to Fontana Dam.
He is 'hiking his own hike', so I feel sure it will be waiting for him when he arrives. Thank you again, and all the best. (My daughter and her frind hiked the trail April-Sept. 2006.
H-Bomb and Shasta. Thanks again. Renee, H-Bomb's Mom
Just getting on board Hi Pat and Deb, just talked to Pat this morn via ham radio, wish we had started hikiing the trails sooner... now we are over the hill and cannot do it any more. our experiences were limited to a few sections we will enjoy your trip as if we were there!!! 73, walt
Thank you for commenting... I appreciate all of the things you have said about my parents. I forward them all messages and comments they receive, and I know they will enjoy reading what you have written. I hope you are able live out your dream of walking the A.T. and can share your stories with others too.
Thank you again,
Matt.
Nice to meet you! It was great to share the Eckville shelter with you and Randy last weekend to avoid camping out on a stormy night. My daughters and I enjoyed your stories and advice about the trail. Best wishes to you as you complete the journey!
Hello,
My family met your parents at a gas station in PA,(the truck stop off of highway322) a couple days after this entry.
I saw their packs and weathered look and knew they were on the trail.We had set of on our own trail a week earlier,with an original intention of starting the A.T..With family in AL who needed some spirits lifted we quickly changed our plans.OD and CC made quite an impact in just a few moments,(very encouraging!!)I can't stop thinking about hiking now that I've met them and can read about their journey,it makes the A.T. seem more realistic.
Just thought you might like to know some of the people they've met along the way.
Happy Trails to OD and CC!
Renee and Tim Hubbard,Port Huron MI
Following your blog Hello Pat and Debbie,
Jane and I are with you again on the trek to Mt. Katadin.
The Google map presentation working well.
Have fun and Godspeed.
Love and Miss you Hello Mom and Dad. Just got off the phone with you and now sending you a small comment. Just thinking of you and miss you both. Hope all is well and we think of you everyday. The kids really miss you both. We love tracking you and seeing where you are. This is a really cool feature. Talk to you soon and enjoy it and be safe. Also the other device is working good. I get an email or two everyday. Thanks. The Yates family.
Welcome home again Welcome home again, wayfaring strangers! I know you're last day must have truly been bittersweet. Hope your "missing trail blues" will quickly turn into "memorable trail smiles"! :)
Love Debbie
Hi Guys! Have been keeping up with you guys when I have time. I'm so happy...and kind of envious of you. Can't wait to see you and hear all the stories and see all the pictures.
Love you both,
Carolyn
Am sooooo glad you both are so intune to one another, intune to God, and that "warning feeling" was no more event than it was.
Happy Mother's Day, Debbie! From your southern son's mother-in-law :)
Hi "outlaws" Have thought of you both so often, and so enjoyed reading about your experiences. I can almost "smell" the air! :) I commend you both, for your comittment, and you perserverance.
Will continue praying for your safety.
Love, your southern "outlaws", Dave and Debbie
re: hooah go brother. pat and deb, good luck and happy trails to the both of you !!!! pat you,ll be in my thought s and prayers .
i,ll follow your jernal entreys
wild bill watson
a co. 2/75 rangers
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another leg of the journey We wish you the best of luck!! Good luck with the "old bones" we know ours would be hard pressed to make the journey! We will be thinking of you as we drive across the country and back. We are looking forward to seeing the pictures - we like taking them too! Doc and Becky Honey
Good Luck!!!!!! Ya!!! Glad you guys are going back out on the trail !!!!! Hope everything goes well, I'll be praying for you both and I can't wait to hear about all of your adventures again:) Love ya! ~*~Katrina~*~
SOO COOL! :o) WOW!!! I can't wait to see the pictures from this trip! It sounds like it was amazing! So happy that you got to do this and you did it without any injuries! GOD IS GOOD!! :o)
Love yas!!
Bethany :o)
My name is Matthew Mooney. I am the proud son of two Appalachian Trail walkers. Pat and Debbie Mooney embarked on this great journey in April 2007. An ankle injury pulled them off early, but they are still plugging away when they have time. It is my duty to keep them in touch with family, friends, and all curious sorts while adding to this journal the many resulting tales. Take your time sorting through the journals of this adventuring couple willing to forge a trail many only dream of. Please submit your thoughts and encouragement; they will be passed on.
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Chestnut Knob Shelter
I'd like to use your picture of Chestnut Knob Shelter in a column I'm writing for Tazewell County Free Press. Jerry Smith Columnist