Im Ellie, I am 24 and from the great state of Vermont. I thru-hiked the AT in 2014. I enjoy the Constitution, health care policy, and traveling. Someday I want to be governor, but what I do between now and then is anybodys guess.
Posts
Hiking Scotland’s West Highland Way
And you thought the AT was only a meager 2189.2 miles? Well, yes and no. There are actually thousands more miles of the Appalachian-Caledonian
The Home Stretch
I made it! Ive sat down to try to write this post half a dozen times now, and I dont know what to say, I did it! It was awesome. I miss it
Family, Fun, and 400 Miles to go!
Hello! I'm currently at mile 1786.6 on the trail, I came off for the weekend to do a Dirty Girl Mud Run with all the ladies in my family. Team
Over Halfway There
There have been a lot of big milestones since I last posted; 1000 miles, new states, the psychological halfway point, and also the actual halfway
Crushing Mad Miles
I'm currently in Front Royal, about 965 miles into the trip! Since I last posted, we've come almost 300 miles and have really ramped up the
It’s Getting Real
We're 670 miles into the trail already! The 400, 500, and 600 marks flew by, I've made it to Newport, VA but am blogging from Trail Days, an AT
One Month In
Hello! Things are still going well out here! I'm currently in Erwin TN, about 340 miles into the trail. Since I last posted I hiked through the
A Trail Name, Magic, and a Few More Miles
Time flies when you're on the trail! Well, sort of. More like time is seriously warped when you're on the trail. In some ways it feels like
My First Week on The Trail
Oh my goodness, how to even sum up the last week in a single blog post? Well, ok to start, I left home on March 22, and stayed at Hiker Hostel my
Advice I Can’t Yet Give
I haven't started hiking yet. So what can I offer the AT blogging world at this point? I certainly don't have my own complete list of AT