Starting location: Hiawassee, GA
Ending location: Muscrat Shelter
Miles today: 11.8
Miles total: 79.3
Today started with Ron Havens picking us up at the Franklin Motel at 6:45am. Ron owns several of the motels in both Franklin and Hiawassee and is known to being very kind and helpful to thru hikers over the years. It was about a 45 minute drive back to Hiawassee where Ron dropped us off at the trail head (term used to describe where we got off the trail).
Today was a neat day because we crossed our 1st of 14 state lines on the trail. Yes, we are now offically in North Carolina. Kristen was waiting for someone to take their shirt off and twist it around like a helicopter but it never happened. I don't think that Petey Pablo knows what the heck he is talking about.
Immediately after crossing the state line, NC decided to give us a firm smack across the face. We had some serious climbs almost straight up. Kristen was so beaten down at one point, she started climbing the mountain walking backward because she didn't want to know how much higher she had to go. I think Kristen would admit that this was the hardest day she has had on the trail to date.
We had a great time in Franklin yesterday at the hiker bash. It was a lot of fun meeting all the other hikers from all walks of life.
Kristen and I are both really tired and going to turn into our bags. Til tommorrow.
The stateline
Conan + Kristen
2 comments:
Kristen,
This is great! A friend of mine was a thru-hiker, he went north to south. What a great way for your family & friends to keep up with you two. Best of luck!!
Krsiten, this is Liz (Corder) Alston by the way :)
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