Tuesday 3/28
- Miles traveled: 8.1
- Shelter: Tent at tray mountain shelter
- High point: Sunset
- Low point: missing Gracie
Last night was a doozie. We got to camp at about 6 pm. We were exhausted so we set the tent up and went to bed. At 11pm thunderstorms rolled in. It was crazy. I've slept in a tent in the rain but not a THUNDERSTORM storm. It was so loud. The wind up on the ridge was probably 40 mph or higher, but we stayed dry and warm throughout the night. I thanked our tent for its service in the morning. 😊
Had some breakfast with Bear and Russ and two new guys and then headed out.
Foreshadowing Low point: I cried but it was a happy cry. We came across a couple day hiking with a brown lab that looked just like Gracie. I was so happy and she was so sweet that I cried. But a good cry. 😊 (next photo is of my girl Gracie because I miss her)
So it seems that Russ is always hungry now. He keeps eyeing my food. This might end badly. We are officially SMELLY hikers. Every time we stop, rest and get a whiff of ourselves it is NOT good.
We had lunch at Indian Grave gap 3 miles from the shelter. Sun is shinning and we will probably have a hiker tan soon. Met a lot of nice people on our break before tackling two large mountains. There were two couples thru hiking and two guys going solo as well. Hopefully we will run into them again.
Finished the day at Tray mountain shelter and scored a sweet camping spot near the shelter. So many nice people here tonight and all the people we met at lunch. We are still running low on fuel so we had cold ramen and oatmeal for dinner. 😑
We went to watch the sunset over Tray mountain. It was beautiful. We also talked to other hikers around camp. We are to the point where we are meeting a lot of hikers at our pace and it's nice to see familiar faces.
Wednesday 3/29
- Miles traveled: 11.0 miles
- Shelter: room at the Budget Inn in Hiawassee
- High point: mexican food
- Low point: the unexpected uphill while racing down the mountain to reach the shuttle
We woke up on Tray mountain to catch the sunrise.
Watched the sunrise over the mountains and packed up camp. It takes us about an hour to pack up camp and a half hour to eat breakfast. We need to pare that down a bit but it will come with time.
The morning was amazing. The ground was soft, the sun was out and the breeze was just right. Well until 10 am that is. Then we started to sweat and burn. The warm weather has been nice but it's still very early spring and without any leaves on the trees the views are great but the sun and heat are brutal.
We barreled down the mountain on Wednesday with tacos and margaritas on our mind. Did our best to stay out of the sun and hydrate as we crossed some mountains and stuff but mostly tacos.
Thursday 3/30 Day 8
- Miles traveled: ZERO
- Shelter: Budget Inn again
- High point: Zaxbys
- Low point: $$ spent at Dollar General for resupply
You think a day off from the trail would be all food and naps but it's not. It's eating, cleaning, organizing, resupplying.
That's a backpack full of supplies for 2 people for 4.5 days. We walked all over town well because we don't have a car and needed to get stuff done.
We are fed, clean, our clothes are clean, our stuff is organized and sorted. We met a bunch of awesome people here at the motel and hope to see them again on the trail soon!!
Tomorrow I'll post our plans for at least the next two weeks with post drops and such. Looking forward to getting back on the trail!
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