Where:đź“ŤAlabama/Georgia
When: Wintertime (Jan)
We are states away from our van, and we gotta walk back to get to it. We are hiking the Pinhoti trail!
It is a 330 trail that walks along the Appalachian mountains through Alabama and Georgia.
There are towns along the way that we will resupply at and maybe even take an occasional shower at.
So far, the Pinhoti has been beautiful and unique.
Being the middle of winter, we have excellent views from the ridgeline.
The trail is relatively unpopular, and we rarely saw another person when hiking.
Even though this trail is lesser known than others, it still has a fantastic community of trail angels surrounding it.
We stopped in Talledega to avoid some weather and found the Next Step Hostel.
Shoutout to Jeff and Nancy for being such awesome human beings.
Our weather has been ideal so far but it looks like we will have to march through some storms in the coming days.
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We have been wandering down country highways, through backyards, along forgotten dirt roads, and across lonely ridgelines.
Hiking the Pinhoti trail has given us a healthy dose of adventure and excitement. Sprawling stands of longleaf pines contrasted with muddy red clay underfoot and cloudless blue skies above are certainly different from the long green tunnels we have hiked thru before.
We have had some of our favorite sunsets and sunrises on this trail. Hiking in January with no leaves has its perks.
Check out our Instagram for more photos of our journey.
from the other side 