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Hiked all day in the rain.....my rain gear totally passed the test, stayed dry the whole way

Franklin N.C

decided to make an unplanned stop in Franklin. still with the same crew i've been hiking with since the beginning. great bunch of people.
we're staying at this placed called The Budget Inn. Its owned by this guy named Ron Haven. He's a real great dude, has a free shuttle from the trail to the inn and is extremely hiker friendly. Just got a shower and about to do some wash. The plan sounds like we're going to be ordering some pizza tonight.....nothing sounds better then real food after a few days in the woods.
We've had some rain, we've had some snow and a few 70 degree days. so its been a bit of everything.
I did cross the 100 mile mark yesterday, which is totally cool.

.......only 2,070 miles to go

Ps. Haven't been able to upload any pictures yet, but i will as soon as a get a chance.

Crossed into N.C. today!!! Snowed all day and still snowing. Tenting it in the snow!!! Temp around 30.....stay warm!!! :-D

Had an awesome St. Patricks Day at Low Gap Shelter :-D

37ish miles in (Neels Gap)

Well......so far I'm having a great time. I'll try my best to catch everyone up on the last 3 days but its kind of hard without making this post miles long.
The first day was alright. Easy 8 mile day. Lots of fog so not many good views. Did get a mix of rain/hail/snow, which was really cool and I stayed dry which is even better. Got to the shelter, there was already a bunch of people there. Everyone I've met so far has been awesome and a lot of fun.
Day 2 was still foggy. So again there weren't that many good views. Total distance was 7 miles. No rain it was just damp.
Day 3 was 12 miles. Got a bit rough at the end. But the weather did clear up was we finally got some views. It just got really really windy. There's about 5 of us going about the same speed so we all meet up at the shelter at night which is really cool.
Today was suppose to be 15 miles. But I got to Neels gap, a bunch of the people I've been hiking with decided to stay at the hostel.....and they were giving out free hamburgers for lunch so there was really no reason to go any further. So today was only 3 miles but I did get a sweet view at the top of Blood Mountain which is the highest point in Georgia. So I'm staying in the hostel tonight and we'll see what tomorrow brings.
Sorry if this is so scattered, and I'll try to get some photos up as soon as i can.

the adventure begins tomorrow

well tomorrow is the big day. i plan on hitting the trail at 10am and have an easy 8 mile day to the shelter i'm planning on staying at. i'm totally excited and not tired at all....maybe a bit nervous also but that comes with the territory.
today was a pretty easy day. just finished but the last few odds and ends. we also drove to where my first resupply is going to be and dropped off my box of food and a few other odds and ends. its a really cool hiking/camping supply store thats geared mostly for thru-hikers. i'll snag a few photos on my way through.
i also weighed my back today down at the visitors center of the hotel we're staying at. came in at around 38 pounds. thats not terrible but i would like it to be a bit light but i'm out of things to leave behind before it becomes unsafe. once i get rid of my cold weather gear i'll be in good shape.
the fog also moved out that has surrounded the hotel for the past day and a half. so i was able to get a few shots of the view from the porch out back. it would be really pretty if it was totally clear.
weather tomorrow is suppose to be around the 50's during the day and low 20's at night with a 50% chance of rain. i'm hoping the rain holds off cause i really don't want my first day to be in the rain.....so lets hope for the best.
well thats it for now. i'll try to update as often as i can but i honestly can't say how often that will be. i'll try my best though, promise
i'm now walking into the wild.

Just seeing if the text updates work :-)

In Georgia

Got to Georgia tonight around 6pm. We spent last night in Richmond Virginia visiting with some family. Talked a bit with my great uncle who use to be a big hiker. He gave some pretty good advice.
Spent early this morning shooting a cereal box with a bee-bee gun and for lunch my dad got a happy meal at McDonalds for the soul reason that he wanted the Yoda toy that came in it....so making some good memories already and i'm not even on the trail yet.
At the hotel i've pretty much just been relaxing. I went through my gear to see if there was some stuff I could get rid of....and of course there was. Tomorrow is going to just consist of more relaxing and some final prep. My mom wants to go on a hike but we'll have to see about that.
The hike begins in alittle over a day.....so excited!!!

Night before

Leaving for Georgia in about 8 hours. I'm still not 100% packed and I'm having a bit of trouble fitting everything into my pack. Got to love saving things for the last minute. But this is the home stretch now, things are getting exciting