NC- 2

(Massive updates, stories, and pictures to come in about a week)

Back in NC for a while...

• 1 April 2015: 11 miles to Spring Mountain Shelter
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• 2 April 2015:  21.8 miles to Flint Mountain Shelter

Mom's store, a nice surprise for a 9am ice cream sandwich break.

Poppins wouldn't let me moon the camera.... even though we were on Big Butt Mountain, no joke

• April 2015: 18.9 miles to Bald Mountain Shelter

Trail magic!! Scrambled eggs and hashbrowns.

• 4 April 2015: 16.8 miles to Uncle Johnny's Hostel
• Met Silent Bob, he is part of our band now

overlooking Erwin, TN 

Hostel kitty at Uncle Johnny`s Hostel in Erwin, TN

• 5 April 2015:  21.5 miles to a campsite
• Happy Easter, Poppins and I brought eggs to hide for eachother

Poppins, Stoat, and Silent Bob

Silent Bob looking epic in his new running shorts

• 6 April 2015:  20.2 miles to Overmountain Shelter (old converted barn)

An old barn converted into an AT shelter in the early 80s

View from the barn deck

Doing my due diligence and recording our stay in the trail log at the barn shelter. Today I even illistrated the difference between "dragging ass" and "dragon ass".... yes i had too much time on my hands that evening and it was a hard fought 20+ mile day; up and over Roan Mountain and the last time being over 6000 feet on the trail

• 7 April 2015:  9 miles to Mountain Harbor Hostel

Last Mountain in NC...

Pouring rain, made it to this amazing hostel just ten minutes after the floods gate opened. It has been raining non-stop since 10:30

Kitty at Mountain Harbor Hostel

Crossed out of North Carolina for the last time!!!!