The Appalachian Trail Hiker is in stores in its fourth edition. Thanks are in order for Laurie Potteiger of the Appalachian Trail Conference and the recent A.T. thru-hikers who helped us in the revision process. The strength of the book has always been that it is not "the Logues' book" but incorporates the experience and opinions of dozens of hikers with thousands of miles of experience on the A.T. The biggest change to this fourth edition is the incorporation of an ultra-lightweight perspective, which has become an increasingly important philosophical approach on the A.T., particularly for thru-hikers. Also out in an all-new edition is Victoria's Hiking and Backpacking: Essential Skills, Equipment and Safety.

The Best of the Appalachian Trail books were completely revised for the new editions. Together with our friend Leonard Adkins, we updated every hike in the book. As one Amazon reviewer described the first edition, "Very well thought out and rich in detail, I've found the suggested hikes to be quite accurate in their descriptions, times, etc." Now these books are fully up to date.

Hiking Info and Links

• Looking for advice on backpacking with children? This article has some tips to get you out on the trail whether your child is a babe in arms or an active older child.
• Want to backpack 100 miles or more in a trip? You'll want to check out our article on Long Distance Hike Resupply.
• Loop hikes along the Blue Ridge Parkway gives you the goods on five day hikes. The hikes are three to five miles in length. We also have an article on the 10.8-mile long Rock Castle Gorge Trail, which is just off the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia.

Appalachian Trail Info, Links and Books

• Appalachian Trail information area, with state by state info and links.
• Two coloring pages from the Appalachian Trail Fun Book. There are drawings of McAfee Knob and Trillium to print and color.

Photography

Photos from our 2004 trip to Egypt are online. There are photo pages by Victoria, Frank and Griffin each. We took a study tour that traveled to Cairo and then up the Nile to see all the monuments and other sites you think of when you think Egypt.

• Still sorting out the basics of photography? Take a look at the article on Understanding Shutter Speed, or the one on Understanding Film Speed to help you sort out some of the basics. Or look into this article on Improving Your Landscape Photography.
• In addition to the Egypt photos linked above, a gallery of artsy black and white photos from our hiking trip to Israel is now online at The Land of Israel: A Black and White Portfolio. We hiked from the Mediterranean to the Sea of Galilee, visited Jerusalem, and then hiked in the Negev desert.

Stories from Georgia's History

• You can also check out sections from our book Touring the Backroads of North and South Georgia, with some interesting characters and events from Georgia history. They include Fort Mountain's Mysterious Wall, The World's Strongest Man, General Sherman's Georgia Romance, LaGrange's All-Female Civil War Militia", Ellijay's Only Legal Hanging, and the odd tale of a boom town gone bust in Lorenzo Dow's Curse.

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Victoria Logue

Books by Victoria and Frank Logue