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Hmmm- I think they might call that one "scar" for a reason... (But then again, what the heck do I know about the smokies? Nothin'.)

weary, your endeaver was much loftier than mine {the expereince you provided your grandson} but as far as the shooting you did, its been my expereince that looking back over any shoot, there is always something you miss after you get time to think back. there is always that "ohh i should have...." its the nature of the beast i guess.. you did hit the nail on the head though, and this is where i'll be concerned with is...

Not many people carry Traveler's Checks these days, tho I certainly did in years past. Note for those rellying on bank cards and ATM's: In many cases, especially at major supermarkets, you have the option of getting "cash back" after a purchase, and in doing so, in many cases you can save money spent on bank/ATM fees. Anytime you have the option of getting "cash back", you might want to do so,...

Quote: Originally Posted by PUNKINPUSS11 did someone say man week????? doing 7 consecutive 30 mile days.... I like this one!

Sorry, I meant 10 days ahead of you on Katahdin, but I guess I was 10 days earlier than you on Springer too. It would be interesting to see how close we came to running into each other. Matt Abbotts www.ASuperiorAdventure.com

Quote: Originally Posted by CrumbSnatcher i think this happened in the movie TREK, don't you need to start south of the david lesser memorial shelter? I'm not sure where exactly you cross into WV on the trail -- you walk along the ridgeline of Louden Ridge for quite a while, and that's the border. I suppose if you went to the ridgeline before it starts heading down to the river and then backed down the Eastern face a bit...

I carried about $200 cash, and had to get more from an ATM only once, so I didn't use much cash. (My whole hike cost $3500 including gear and travel.) I noticed that I had to use more cash in NJ and NY, where, for some reason, quite a few small businesses did not accept credit cards. Once I got a great deal on a motel room, $50 cash for a $100 room in MA, because a lightning storm took out their credit card machine and I had cash handy.

Quote: Originally Posted by Lyle So Geek, do you attribute the fewer frames in '07 to less interest in the photos, realizing that you over-did the earlier trips, refining the type of shots you really wanted, being more certain of the shots you took since you can review them somewhat with digital, or something else? Certainly couldn't have been less spectacular of scenery. Just wondering. No, in 1990 I was very into landscape shots...

Might want to repost this in PCT forum.

$200 is a good amount of cash to carry and would get you through a bad situation like a town stop where cash isn't available and the place you're staying doesn't take credit cards. Besides spending cash directly, there are other situations where you might need it, say if you're splitting a hotel room and one person charges it and the others give him or her cash for share. You could actually get cash in that scenario and you...