Big Bird's Adventures

Finally I got my 2025 taxes filed, and most of my other items on the back burner taken care of. My ticket to Atlanta has been purchased; My gear determinations have been finalised; I have even cleaned up my townhouse quite a bit; I have emptied my refrigerator of most of the perishables; My clothing selections are made. I am leaving on Monday and after a probably not so restful journey on an Amtrak train, I will be dropped off at the Amicola Visitor Center by Noon on Tuesday and my journey will begin.

You can check out my gear list at https://lighterpack.com/r/di270n.

I will try for nightly updates to my Instagram account if I have service. Otherwise those will be sporadic, but I will catch you up there. If I am motivated enough to type here, then I will type here as well, but I will not be hauling my external keyboard around like I did on the bike last summer.

The AT is mostly a woodsy corridor with some occasional mountain vistas, so yes, I will be taking the time to gather the composite pieces to my panoramic pies, but I think also on this journey I will attempt as much as I am allowed, to take as many portraits on the trail as I can. We will do a “Faces of the AT” as long as I can get comfortable asking people to let me photograph them in that way. I really like the Portrait, so let’s see what can be done.

Cheers