The Journey Begins June 9 and 10 bright and early ;->

6/9/09
Dad, Chris, takes Andrew to the Spartinburg Airport at 3:40 to catch his 6:15 a.m. flight. They both look happy so early in the morning *see on line photo album* :-) Oma, Martha Lewis and Aunt Megan meet them at the airport at 4:45 to say "hi" and "bye." Andrew arrives in Millnocket, ME just after lunch to purchase food, fuel, re-check his pack and find a good dinner. He checks in at 10 p.m. that all is OK. It is suppose to rain for 4 days... I'll pray it doesn't!
6/10/09
Andrew has an "all you can eat" breakfast then a bus ride where he's dropped off to begin the AT hike. He has a 10 mile day, with 8,000 foot elevation change. I believe he first has to climb Mt. Katahdin, and then to make the decent. It will be interesting to see if he also walked "The Knife's Edge" trail. He wasn't sure if he would or not when he last mentioned it. If you choose the terrain map, then zoom in, you can see why it has that name. Regardless, Andrew makes camp to send message #2 all is OK by 4:50 p.m. I didn't see he had posted an up date until after I wrote this, so be sure to read "GO" written by Andrew this morning.