Day 13

We had a nice start this morning. We ended up camping with a few guys from Maine who are pretty cool guys. We left the campsite and hiked about 10 miles to get to Fontana Village, NC.
Fontana was a pretty nice town, a bit of a resort town. While we were there a Honda 2000 convention was in town and there were about 40 of them driving all over the town. We stopped and had a nice BBQ sandwich at a restaurant there in town. Once we ate we went back on our way to the trail.
The trail kind of went through the town a bit and we were able to meet a bunch of nice people. After eating at the restaurant we got a ride back to the trail by a man named Jeff who was in town with his family from St. Luis. They were there just enjoying all the outdoor recreation that Fontana and it surrounding areas had to offer.
Once we got back on the trail we had a hard hike up to start off the Smokey Mountains. We did a total of about 15 miles today. We are starting to realize if we want to ever stay in a shelter or get a good camping spot we need to show up earlier than 3pm! It really stinks that we hike hard long days and get really crappy spots to camp because some people are only hiking about 6-10 miles a day and then setting up camp. We are really looking forward to the point when the groups start thinning out. Thanks for listening to me complain a little tonight everyone, goodnight.
-Turbo Toes