Trail Names

After reading the Stumbling Thru books by A. Digger Stolz I have been thinking about a trail name. Having no real trail hiking experience having a trail name at this point might be premature.  The books had plenty of folks who received their names from other hikers on a trail. Also we are not nor ever will be long distance hikers or thru-hikers, so might not ever be named by other hikers.




I have decided on the trail name of Root66. Root is a play off Route 66 from the great song of the same name. While the town named in the song are not trail towns, it still has the feeling of a long distance across the country. Root comes the mind thinking of the tree roots that we hiked over on the AT going up to Charlie's Bunion in the Smokey Mountain National Park. The sixty-six is my age in a few days as we start our hiking experiences.


Mickey

Michelle is a big fan of Mickey Mouse so she thought Mickey would be a good trail name.

So welcome Mickey and Root66 to the hiking community!