• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • About Me
  • Gear 
  • Other Hikes
    • Mogollon Rim Trail 2019
    • ADK 46ers
  • Thru-hikes
    • Loowit Trail 2019
    • Tahoe Rim Trail 2018
    • Wonderland Trail 2018
    • Pacific Crest Trail 2016
    • John Muir Trail 2015
    • Wonderland Trail 2013
    • Wonderland Trail 2006
    • Appalachian Trail 2004
    • Long Trail 2002

Stone and Sky logo

You are here: Home / Appalachian Trail 2004 / US 501 Zero Day

May 8, 2004

US 501 Zero Day

Date: 5/8/04

Starting Location: US 501
Destination: US 501
Miles: 0
Total Miles: 779.4

My mom and dad are here! Got a hitch from the campground into town this morning and waited at the laundromat for them to arrive. Spent a very short day getting groceries, eating lunch and dinner, running to the outfitter, and getting my mom’s pack ready for her week-long adventure with me on the trail. How many moms choose to vacation by hiking the AT for a week, not to mention starting out on Mother’s Day? Only those as super cool as my mom, that’s for sure! Great to see them both, even though my time with dad was so short and hurried. But, we’ll do it all over again next weekend! Too bad every day on the trail can’t end with a nice hotel bed.

Connect with Mountain Man

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Previous Post: « US 501
Next Post: Punchbowl »

Primary Sidebar

Subscribe to Stone and Sky

Recent Posts

  • The Silence and the Fury
  • The Mountain that Blew its Top
  • The Great Range
  • It Always Ends Too Soon
  • Canyoneering 101

Connect with Mountain Man

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter

Latest Instagram Photos

Join Mountain Man by becoming a member of the organizations that support our trails

Appalachian Trail Conservancy membership
Continental Divide Trail Coalition membership
Green Mountain Club membership
Pacific Crest Trail Association
Tahoe Rim Trail Association

Great Adventures deserve Great Gear. Only the stuff Mountain Man has trusted

Chaco sandals
Feathered Friends
Sayer Filters

Footer

About Mountain Man

Engineer. Long distance hiker. Gear junkie. Chaco ambassador. Always dreaming of thru-hiking the next long trail. Read More…

My Favorites

Mountain Man holding backpack and a bottle of champagne at the PCT northern terminus

Copyright © 2019 Stone and Sky on the Brunch Pro Theme

×
  • About Me
  • Gear 
  • Other Hikes
  • Thru-Hikes

Modern Mobile Menu Social icons

    • Email
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Twitter
  • Subscribe to Stone and Sky