Jason and I met in 2004 while working together at Covenant Harbor Bible Camp in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. I like to think of it as love-at-first-sight, but that's a different story for a different day! We shared a friendly enthusiasm for long-distance hiking, simply in conversation. Taking the cue, he lent me a book of his called Beyond Backpacking, by Ray Jardine. Besides being a "very cute" gesture, the book itself was a great introduction for me as a beginner and made me more aware of my desire to try something as crazy as hiking across three states. Lo and behold, about a year later we were married, and this enthusiasm had to sleep below the surface for awhile...Until several years later when it could be awakened...(cue dramatic music)
PCT-2010 Here we go!!! (That one's for you, Thom!)