Class of 13 - Another Update

"borrowed" from Clever Girl's blog

Let's see where everyone is. We had a new start this week. Acorn started on her birthday, March 30th and is moving along nicely. No one has left the trail since last update and the two who were temporarily off, still haven't returned, but still seem to plan to. We shall see.  

Trail Name	Start Date	Last Entry	Location	Total Miles	Days since Start
PrayerWalker	14-Feb-13	2-Apr-13	Home	150.7	47
Blues Man	16-Feb-13	27-Mar-13	Damascus	468.3	39
Rash	17-Feb-13	5-Apr-13	Vanderventer Shelter	435.9	47
Groundpounder	18-Feb-13	28-Mar-13	Damascus	481	38
Boo Boo	21-Feb-13	2-Apr-13	Stan Murray Shelter	389.8	40
HotDog	6-Mar-13	5-Apr-13	Walnut Mountain Shelter	260.8	30
Karma	7-Mar-13	5-Apr-13	Newfound Gap/Gatlinburg	206.8	29
Hiking Home	7-Mar-13	23-Mar-13	Newfound Gap/Home	206.8	16
Lady Grey	8-Mar-13	4-Apr-13	Spring Mountain Shelter	284.3	27
50/50	15-Mar-13	5-Apr-13	Newfound Gap/Gatlinburg	206.1	21
Brown Squirrel	17-Mar-13	5-Apr-13	Stecoah Gap	145.6	19
Jacko	21-Mar-13	5-Apr-13	Licklog Gap	122	15
Odat	25-Mar-13	6-Apr-13	Cold Springs Shelter	125.7	12
Mother Goose	28-Mar-13	1-Apr-13	Deep Gap Shelter	66	4
Acorn	30-Mar-13	5-Apr-13	Blueberry Patch Hostel	78	6

I follow a number of other hikers, but don't list them here.  A few of them are Ember and Passover a young couple that have just left their home state of NC for good.  Jessica in Progress and her husband Tom who are making their way through the Smokies.  Kaboose and Sassafras, a father, daughter team who seem to be having a great time.  Sassafras is quite young, (in middle school).  Hotdog has teamed up with a threesome of Clever Girl, Dump Truck and Apollo.  They seem to be having a great time together. 

There's more, but that is all that come to mind for now.  I constantly fall down a hiker's rabbit hole when I stumble on their journal.  I love to hike along with them for a while until it is my turn.

On Another Note:
Lisa and I were discussing trail names yesterday.  When we did our hike last fall, I started calling her Lo Gear as she always slowed down on the down hills like she had shifted into low gear.  She mentioned yesterday that she liked it and I had thought she didn't care for it.  So she will probably be Lo Gear or whatever spelling she chooses when we hit the trial in a month and a half.

I have been El Jefe or just Jefe for a while now, but that name wasn't born on the trail, so I'm always open to something new.  I mentioned yesterday that Earth Tone may work for me as all my hiking clothes come in Green, brown, black, grey, tan, etc, you get the idea.  So maybe I can try that on for a while when we hit the trail. 

Some others that have crossed my mind. Stiller Fan (I get a lot of comments on my tattoo), Scar (a reference to the huge scar on my arm from my last melanoma fight), AT-Tude (attitude), Awesome (not necessarily because I am, but I say that a lot) and many more I'm sure.