…is now behind me, given way to the road to Springer Mountain, Georgia.
On Friday I hiked into Damascus, the trail town on the VA-TN border, with two close friends at my sides. At altitude, the air has become chilly, the leaves colorful, and the nights pleasant for coma-like slumbers. This is what I’ve been hiking for, why I chose to go South, and the season that has been teasing me all the way down the coast since I began in a mild Maine summer. Though I’m not done yet, less mileage remains than the length of Virginia, and Autumn induces a nostalgia such that I’m already reflecting back on the trip. May this reflective mood help me enjoy the final month.
“Will you be a reader, a student merely, or a seer? Read your fate, see what is before you, and walk on into futurity.”
Come visit me in Hot Springs, NC (the closest trail town to Asheville) on October 11th or 12th… or send a mail drop to:
Michael Short // c/o General Delivery // Hot Springs, NC 28743 // Please hold for thru-hiker // ETA October 11th
Or come visit in the Smokies on the 16th or the southern terminus at Springer Mtn on the 31st!
Best,
-MKS
