| IN MARCH OF 1999 MY BROTHER JIM AND I WERE DRIVING THRU GEORGIA IN HIS CAR. I HAD A POP AND SPILLED IT ON HIS SEAT AND FOR SOME REASON HE KICKED ME OUT OF THE CAR AND TOLD ME TO WALK HOME. I TOOK THE LONG WAY AND ENDED UP IN MAINE |
| ALMOST EVERONE THAT HIKES THE APPLALCHIAN TRAIL HAS A TRAIL NAME. IT IS EITHER GIVEN TO YOU BY SOME ONE ELSE AS YOU ARE HIKING OR YOU PICK YOU OWN. I STARTED WITH THE NAME "POTATO PICKER" BECAUSE WHEN I DROVE TRUCK FOR MY DAD ON HIS FARM THAT WAS MY CB HANDLE |
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| Springer Mt. Georgia March 20, 1999 |
| My kids near Atkins, Virginia |
| Dismall Falls in Virgina |
| Damian & Charles with me at Bears Den rocks near Washington D.C. |
| Just another view in Virginia |
| Maine |
| Damian, Charles & Heather going up Mt. Katahdin with me |
| My picture, what else can i say August 20, 1999 |
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| Waterboy, Sheltowee & I camping on top of Mt. Garfield in New Hampshire. At that time between the three of us we had lost a total of 150 lbs |
| The North Carolina state line |