“What happened with Operation: Appalachian Snail?”

I’ve heard the question many times.  It has always been hard to voice my answer.  It has been even harder to write it out on here. Every time I prepared to write it I could not even open the site.

Why?

Every post was a source of pain and reminded me of the facts.  I wanted to finish but couldn’t.  I should’ve been out there but wasn’t.  But we needed to be home.

We did go home. We did not finish.

Why get on here now after almost a year?

Because we are so close to returning to the trail that getting on here is now a source of encouragement instead of a source of pain.

Returning to the trail?

Yup.  But before I get into all that I have to continue where I left off.

For those who were following our progress, I apologize for just leaving you hanging.  But I hope after bringing you up to date (if anyone is still subscribed) that you’ll have a better understanding of the circumstances that brought us home; and that you’ll forgive me.

And so, Operation: Appalachian Snail continues . . .