We heard of our first bear encounter today. About five miles away from where we camped two groups had their food bags taken. They were able to recover a fuel bottle that had punctures in it.
Other than that prretty much all we did today was hike, and hike some more. We completed 18 miles today before we set up camp. JD and Footloose are feeling pretty horrible. Footloose has a bit of a cold or allergies right now and if he is still feeling bad tomorrow morning we might part ways for him to go back to the road and hitch to town for rest. On the plus side though we hit our 50 mile mark, which is pretty good for less than 3.5 days. They actually give out a patch for that in the boy scouts.
We hear that there will possibly be some trail magic tomorrow and there will be someone 2 miles or so from where we camped who will be cooking breakfast for hikers, which would be amazing! These are the kinds of things that push us up the trail. After we can some breakfast hopefully we will only have a 13 mile day tomorrow and then on Friday... Hiawassee!!
-Turbo
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Day 4
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Big day! What is hurting on JD?
ReplyDeleteWow! You guys are doing awesome! I'm so jealous that you get to hike everyday! Keep it up! :) Emily
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ReplyDeleteYour mother and I shipped 2 boxes today to Franklin. Natalie is sending a box to the next stop once you advise what that stop is? Matt will also get a package separate from the boxes.
ReplyDeletetake a day to slow down and smell the roses
ReplyDeletebefore burnout comes drifting in