Day 7

Monday April 13

Mile 69.6

Dick's Creek Gap, Hiawassee, GA

It rained most of the night and soaked the tent. I stayed dry but it made packing up fun.

I was up and packed and on the trail by 8, eager for town. It was very lightly drizzling and very foggy all morning.

We made great time all day, with the thought of real food driving us on. Took a few breaks and a couple of the climbs were hard but we made it ten miles right at 1 PM.

We spent 20 minutes trying to hitchhike before a lady from Robbinsville NC stopped and picked us up. A friend had done the trail and she was all excited to do some trail magic. She dropped us off right at the motel so we were very thankful.

Viking rode in with us and is staying one night in our room. We are zeroing tomorrow but he is pushing on.

By 4 we were showered and had clean clothes on and we are about to go look for food. All you can eat buffet here we come!