Dear Family, Neighbors, and Friends,

I've been a busy bee since getting home from leaving Jim and Mark on Spring Mountain in Georgia on 3/31/08!  Perhaps I can write more about that later.  It took a week for me to get my user name and password straightened out, along with other challenges....but slow and steady wins the race, doesn't it--as well as help people hike the AT?  Mark says Jim is using this approach...and it is working.

Mark and Jim had a great time hiking together.  Jil went up to spend the night on Wednesday, 4/8 and bring Mark home.  Mark looks just wonderful and wishes he could hike the whole thing!  He was very sad to leave Jim. 

Jim left a message for me yesterday, saying that it had begun snowing on Sunday and that the snow was beautiful!  He said that he wished I were there with him, of course, to see it!  I know many of you have been concerned about the weather.  He sounded good, however, and I am reminded that his sleeping bag was good for down to minus degrees. 

I am attaching an Excel version of Jim's hiking schedule that his good friend, Eric, modified a bit so that we can make changes as Jim goes along.  I didn't try to modify/check it but will just go ahead and attach.  It's pretty up to date.  I'll fine tune it as he goes along. He'll be in NC for another week or so.

All for now.