Episode #186 - Tammy and Curt Fackler (Lolli and Pop)
Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis
Steve Adams
4.8 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 3 October 2019
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
With an empty nest, sufficient money, and plenty of time on their hands, Curt and Tammy Fackler decided to drastically downsize. They sold their home and gave away most of their belongings before hitting the road in their truck with their new home attached.
Their adventures were always leading them to the Appalachian Trail and, six months after their travels started, they set off from Georgia. Tammy wasn't an experienced hiker but she wanted to support Curtis in his dream, so went along for the ride. Listen to how their journey unfolded.
Lotta Anvret, from Sweden, is another member of the Mighty Blue Class of 2019, and she is back to reveal how her hike ended up.
Finally, Paul Stutzman's Hiking Through covers the early miles and the first main stop, at Mountain Crossings.
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the Hiking Radio Network, where we talk the walk with shows by hikers |
| 0:05.2 | about hikers for everybody. Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis, |
| 0:24.2 | joins Stephen his guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine. |
| 0:34.5 | Hi again, and many thanks for coming back to the show. |
| 0:38.2 | If you don't know how you got here, you've stumbled upon mighty blue on the Appalachian Trail, |
| 0:41.7 | the ultimate midlife crisis, which tells the stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. |
| 0:46.7 | It's fun and I hope you hang around to listen. |
| 0:48.9 | For those of you who come along and listen regularly, well, I'm glad you're back. |
| 0:53.1 | This week I stumbled myself upon something. In fact, my guests, the Facklers, or Lolly and P regularly, well, I'm glad you're back. This week I stumbled myself upon something. |
| 0:55.3 | In fact, my guests, the Facklers, or Lolly and Pop, posted on Facebook the other day, and I was |
| 1:01.2 | utterly intrigued by their story. So I asked if they share it with you, they were more than happy to. |
| 1:06.3 | The Facklers will be along soon. We've got another member of the Mighty Blue class of 2019 |
| 1:11.3 | and this week it is our Swedish friend Lottor Ambrit. |
| 1:14.6 | Lotto will be here after the Facklers. |
| 1:17.0 | Finally, we've moved on to the fifth chapter in Paul Stutzman's book, |
| 1:20.6 | hiking through and Paul is now well on the trail and feeling his way with a few new friends. |
| 1:25.8 | So let's get started with Kurt and Tammy the Facklers. |
| 1:34.6 | I saw a post on Facebook the other day, |
| 1:37.5 | and that's how I came to today's guests, |
| 1:39.9 | Kurt and Tammy Fackler, or Lolly and Pop. |
| 1:42.9 | Hi, guys. How are you? |
| 1:46.8 | Hey, doing just fine. Now, I know that Tammy can't really hear this because the speakerphone doesn't work so well. So we've got |
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