Penny Per Mile

Thank you so much to everyone who donated to Penny Per Mile! It blows me away by how much people were willing to give. We were hoping that $1,000 would be donated over the course of the 4.5 months we were gone. Well I guess we had a pretty low goal because according to our survey, $2,179 were donated to Penny Per Mile!

Total donated: $2,179
Donated to REBUILD: $1,381
Donated to END IT: $798

Thanks again everyone! We really appreciate it, and I know the two ministries really appreciate it as well.

a BIG thank you

It has been a week since we finished, and I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who helped us along the way. Our experience would not have been the same without you. To everyone who sent us a package, took us into their homes, gave us rides, fed us, or helped us out in any way, we owe it all to you. There are far to many people to write it all out here, but we felt so loved and supported the whole way and it really made a big difference.

Matt and Mike Took a Hike

March 2, 2013 to July 13, 2013

We walked 2,185.9 miles from Springer Mountain, Georgia to Mt. Katahdin, Maine. 

We can see the end

We are sitting in Abol Bridge right now, 15 miles from the finish. We have been chilling here since noon.

We conquered the 100 mile wilderness! It was the easiest stretch for a while. And we bumped our miles down so we have been having a great time. We got a fishing rod in Monson and have been getting some fishing in on these beautiful Maine lakes. 

Life is hard on the trail. 

Our Trail Names

Well I guess as our hike is about to come to an end, we should let you know what our trail names are and how we got them. We apologize for not letting you know sooner, but earlier on when some people were asking about them, we didn't really have them yet, and we've also forgotten to write about them. 

So here they are:

Michael's trail name is dirty mike. One of the initial groups we were hiking in was called Dirty Mike and the Boys Plus Two Girls so Michael kind of adopted that name. The main reason for his name though is because he hikes without toilet paper. He only uses that luxury in towns, otherwise he just forages for his TP. He likes to use grass, moss, sticks, snow (when available), and smooth stones. He is a very dirty man.

Matt's trail name is Coups (pronounced like coops). He received that name because he has been carrying Chickfila coupons since the start. Ironically, the first Chickfila we stopped at (and one of the only ones), he forgot to use them so they haven't been as useful as he initially thought. They did end up saving him $10 at one point though. Gotta have those coups. 

One more mountain

We are sitting on White Cap Mountain, which is our last big climb until Katahdin. It feels so good, we are just going to coast to the finish line from here. We have made it over 2100 miles so far and are enjoying the 100 mile wilderness. Tomorrow we are going into White House Landing. These past few days we have been taking huge breaks and taking our sweet time. We do about an hour of hiking, then an hour of breaking. 

We're in the Wilderness

We walked, got great views, and have less than 100 miles to go.