Backpacking Believers

Hello Everyone....Greetings from the trail. We are finally back on the trail due to the snow starting to melt. Our trail angel Mrs. Serinda dropped us off where we stopped in Milton, DE and off we went. We hiked 19.5 miles the second day on the trail. We walked along icy snow covered roads, beside farms and fields all day. We walked through Redden State Forest and stopped for lunch at their pavillion. Here we ate an array of food out of our hiker pack. We had ramen noodles, spinach bagels, spicy tuna, hot green tea, cheeze its, pnut butter, nutella, dried fruits, donut holes and strawberry creme rolls. WOW, what a strange meal....but we are living out of a bag. From here we hiked along more roads and beside sheep farms and grain farms and even chicken houses. I thought we were done with chicken houses when we left Al. We were picked up by another trail angel and treated like family at their house. Friday morning they slack packed us without our heavy packs due to the rain chances. T...

Serinda picked us up at our hotel today and dropped us off at the Milton library for emailing and such. We walked down the snowy sidewalks about a 1/2 mile or so in the freezing cold to Miltonians pizza and wings . There we shared a white pizza with pepperoni and it came with 1/2 dozen free wings, all for under $18.00 what a deal. We love this no tax stuff. We rode out to Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge and here is where we saw the sign for protected squirrels. The Delmarva fox squirrels are protected here. We also learned why there are so many horseshoe crab sheds on the beaches here. Deleware beaches have the most horseshoe crabs in the world. This is where they come in May to spawn. KatyDid will be posting more on that soon. To end the day we went to Food Lion for hiking supplies for tomorrow. We will be on the trail in the morning. Keep praying for us. God Bless, GentleFir Backpacking Believers

We started the day today with a ride from Enterprise to our starting point on the ocean. Our driver Woody gave us a donation as he dropped us off. It is the 50th anniversary of Cape Henlopen State park this year. We met alot of nice people thus far and the kindness has been amazing. We had lunch today at a Chinese place and a complete stranger bought our lunch without saying a word. Then as we were stopped for a break a girl named Jackie came running up to us and brought us a bag full of fruit, crackers, and water. God is so good. We then found this dairy along our walk called Hopkins Farm Creamery and KatyDid had some homemade cookie dough ice cream. Yummy! Then continuing on our walk people would stop to bid us God speed. The DE coordinator, Serinda gave us a ride to a hotel due to the snow storm coming in the morning and she is taking us out for breakfast and dinner tomorrow. It has been truly a blessing so far. Also at the hotel , the owner said God Bless You and after talking to h...

We started our journey on Friday heading to Delaware and had some delays on our trip along the way. We stayed in NC then drove to DC hoping to spend two days there before starting our hike. Well we drove in circles for nearly three hours and never found one parking spot so we left stressed and decided to drive on to DE and we will walk through DC on our hike. We spent Sunday getting all of our gear ready for the big day,Monday. We went to the starting point and walked on the very cold beach, climbed a old 75 foot tall military tower that was used to shoot German ships during WW2, then we had lunch at cracker barrel. It was here we met Angela a professing Muslim, we were able to share Jesus with her and and she was very receptive, please keep her in your prayers that the seeds we sowed will grow in her heart. We then went to find our way along the trail before we physical start our journey in the morning. Please pray for us we are expecting alot of snow and storms on Tuesday. We will be...

To all of our friends, family,  fellow hikers and fellow Christians, we are getting prepared to embark on a mighty journey as a  family. For those of you that have offered support we would like to Thank you. To all of you who have not heard what we have been practicing for here it is....... We are going to walk across America ! We will be following this path  from sea to shining sea or from coast to coast. We will be backpacking, carrying our home on our shoulders and leaning completely on faith in God. We will be starting our journey on March 21st and will be returning when completed. We are hoping to be used of God to glorify his kingdom. We want to help people along the way with prayers, service projects, feeding the hungry, helping the widows and whatever the Lord puts in our paths. We need all of your prayers as we embark on this mission as a family. We are raising some support financially as well as gift cards to outdoor stores, Walmart and food and hot...

This is the only snow we have received this winter here in Clay county Alabama. All of these pictures were taken in Clay county and many in Lineville. Hope you enjoy.

We set out early in the morning on a freezing 8 degree day  in search of frozen waterfalls.We found the falls frozen and beautiful. We also found ourselves becoming frozen. We had frozen legs, hands, beards, eyebrows and eyelashes but it was well worth it.God is amazing in his beautiful works of creation. We hope you will be encouraged to go outside even in the cold and  explore his marvelous handiwork.  Happy Hiking and Stay Warm Cheaha Falls Cheaha Falls Icicles on the rocks Katy Did and Gentle Fir feeling Frozen High Falls High Falls Icy High Falls swimming area   BURRRRRR High Falls upper falls.... Beautiful Gentle Fir looking from a safe distance Gentle Fir wanting to go but can't cross the icy rocks Gentle Fir  Frozen Beard Katy Did trying to find a safe way over the icy rocks