Pulling into Damascus, VA for Appalachian Trail Days always feels like coming home. Jon and Missy reflect on how their 2,200-mile thru-hike sparked the creation of 803 Outpost Coffee, share stories from an incredible week serving the trail community, and announce the massive tree-planting impact made by this year's event.
Why We Started 803 Outpost Coffee: A Journey From the Appalachian Trail to Your Cup
We were a husband‑and‑wife team who had spent years doing what we thought we were “supposed” to do — working corporate jobs, chasing promotions, sitting in traffic, and wondering why every day felt like a repeat of the one before it. Eventually, the noise got too loud and the meaning got too quiet. So we stepped away. Completely. We traded office chairs for backpacks, deadlines for trail miles, and fluorescent lights for the endless canopy of the Appalachian wilderness.
