We are at the last campground before the bear exclusion zone (where you can’t stop without a bear canister).
Yesterday was a long day. If we had hiked that far again we would have gotten to mike 31/Mountain Crossing but we decided to be reasonable.
Before this we encountered “trail magic” (people setting up to feed hikers for free) twice. Hot dogs, chili and tortillas along with sodas (and the breakfast place had lots of liquor from Mardi Gras—but no takers for that).
We also got a solid stint of rain. Someone had weather radar and it was orange on the map.
Did I mention how much I love our rain gear?
Or how great our tent is. 21 ounces, three person and I’m grateful my wife decided on this one
And we just got a picture from Springer of us with our shuttle driver.
Tomorrow we do Blood Mountain.
But we are warm and dry. Looking forward to tomorrow.
The Finns we met and an electrician (trail name: Adventure time) walking home to Maine.