Hiked over 500 Miles!

   Red Bull has hiked over 500 miles!  He is almost to the 1/4 point of the trail!

   He stopped at the Thomas Knob Shelter elevation 5,413 feet, and mile 497.0 on the A.T..   He had also hiked the 8.5 mile approach trail in Georgia making it 505.5 miles total.  I believe he hiked 13 miles today, but he could not remember the name of the shelter where he stopped last night, so the distance traveled today may not be precise.

   When we said goodbye in Damascus last week, one of the last things he said to me was; "you never thought I would make it this far did you?"
   I responded; "I never doubted you, I have always expected you to make it to the end!"

   He has planned, and saved, and prepared so well for the past year... I have not doubted his desire and ability to reach his goal of thru hiking the entire Appalachian Trail.  His favorite place to be is in the forest, or on a mountain.

  Hike on Red Bull, hike on!