What's Up

Hey everybody.
Since we last updated we've hiked about 400 more miles for a grand total of 834. About a month ago we had to make a tough choice and get off the trail in lieu of an ankle injury Mike suffered and a chest cold Laura had come down with. It was a hard decision to make but it just wasn't plausible to continue in the shape we were in. After some soul-searching and debate over whether we should continue at all, fast forward four weeks (and many good meals and night's sleeps) later and we feel like we're ready to tackle this thing again. 
Tomorrow morning we head down to Virginia... pretty much to the southern end of the Shenandoah Nat'l Park... and start heading north again. 
In case you haven't noticed we have added some photos to the first couple of weeks' entries. For the remainder of our trip we plan to update with shorter posts more frequently so we won't fall so far behind and we can still focus on what we're here to do - hike!
Thanks for checking back on our blog and we look forward to sharing more here.
Wish us luck - again!!
Love, M+L