Days 6 thru 12, mile 136.3

I will apologize for the brevity of this post. I'd written a lovely one in Franklin, nc, on day 10, but my phone won't let me post it. Now I'm hurriedly typing at a restaurant near Byron Center, nc.

I'll ramble a bit about all of the days together at the end, but give a brief overview of each day first.

Day 6: we hiked 12.3 miles to end at deep gap shelter, just 3 miles from haiawassee, ga, our first town resupply. We met 2 guys there, animal planet from cincinnati, and city slicka from Boston. We had good chats and forgot the pains of Kelly knob, a bitch of a mountain.

Day 7: pulled 12.6 miles with a 2 hour in and out resupply in town. After 3 miles hiking to a road, we were picked up by the 2nd car that passed. We rode in the back of their pick up and they went slow so we wouldn't freeze. Boy did we move fast! They dropped us off about 5 ft from the front door of the grocery store. Then we got in line for coffee at the Starbucks and a gentleman asked if he could buy us coffee. We were so grateful. A deli sandwich and food later, we hitched back to the gap and hiked another 9 miles with full bellies and packs.

Day 8: pulled 12.1 miles.it was really really cold, like in the teens. We were nice and warm in our bags though.

Day 9:we hiked up Albert mountain!  It was a big fifteen hundred feet up in a third of a mile. It was cold in today too, but less so than the day before.

Day 10: hiked 7.2 miles before eleven am. Then we spent the day in Franklin, nc, showering, doing laundry, eating pizza, and drinking beer at the sapphire inn. Was great to feel clean.

Day11: watched 3 hours of dogs and cats 101. Left the hotel at eleven and hit the trail by noon. We hike another eleven miles and stayed at wayah bald shelter with red beard and Matt. Nice guys, I hope we run into them again. A nice family came upon me peeing in the woods, but were cool about it. They told us they left trail magic in the form of honey buns by a streAm at the top of the mountain, which motivated us. 

Day 12: spent the night after a huge 15.5 mile trail day with some people from Michigan out here for spring break. They had bourbon, and so became my absolute best friends.

Were in the NOC now, eating and supplying to head into Fontana. The smokeys are next! Were nervous, but if the weather is alright for us, we will do alright.

Breakfast is here! Cheers!