Preparing For the Big One
As some of you may or may not know, the first week of Sept, Brian and I are tackling the Georgia leg of the Appalachian Trail. In preparation, I have been getting my (formally) lazy butt out of the bed at 5:20 every morning and heading to Wellness Works and taking P90X to help sculpt my flabby and soft love machine into a hard and well built love WMD. This has taken some time and pain on my part but hey, I'm worth it. Today Brian and I tackled our first hike with our packs loaded (30 lbs) to get a feel for what we're in for and to see what we need to work on. Our first adventure took us to scenic Abbeville County to Parson's Mt. This is a 4 mile loop around the lake with a spur trail that takes you to the gold mines and the fire tower.
The first leg of the trail was no problem. Then we headed up the spur to Parson's Mt and the fire tower. Now Parson's Mt is not really very tall. I think it's an elevation of 800 ft or so. but right at the gold mines it starts getting REALLY steep.
(A little history)
The first leg of the trail was no problem. Then we headed up the spur to Parson's Mt and the fire tower. Now Parson's Mt is not really very tall. I think it's an elevation of 800 ft or so. but right at the gold mines it starts getting REALLY steep.
(A little history)
(Where all the gold at?)
(Me on top of the "mountain")
I realized when the terrain got tough that P90X alone was not gonna cut it. I have to work on more cardio related activities. I got winded REALLY winded. We continued on though and made it to the top. We were disappointed to learn upon reaching the top that the fire tower was closed. So we took a break and headed back down the path.
(the fire Tower)
Going back
down the "mountain" was easy and we found the next leg of the loop. This was also pretty easy. We passed some other hikers and traded some friendly words and finished the loop back by the boat ramp. I'll say this Parson's Mt is a nice and uncrowded place to spend a Sat morning. We enjoyed the hike and found some areas in our training to work on. There are also some good car camping sites that would be good to take the family out here to one weekend.
So what have we learned today?
I'll leave you with a couple more pics from our trip.
(the fire Tower)
Going back
down the "mountain" was easy and we found the next leg of the loop. This was also pretty easy. We passed some other hikers and traded some friendly words and finished the loop back by the boat ramp. I'll say this Parson's Mt is a nice and uncrowded place to spend a Sat morning. We enjoyed the hike and found some areas in our training to work on. There are also some good car camping sites that would be good to take the family out here to one weekend.So what have we learned today?
- Need to work on more cardio
- Parson's Mt is a cool out of the way place close to home
I'll leave you with a couple more pics from our trip.
(The lake)
Labels: App Trail, Hiking, Parson's Mt
posted by El Jefe at 2:12 PM
2 Comments:
Maybe you should get up an hour earlier, say...4:20?
Kenny I'm so proud of you going after your dreams and goals! I know you've wanted to do this for a long time and it looks like you are on the right track! Your new determination has inspired me to work a little harder on my own goals.
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