Saturday, March 30, 2019

This is being done from a cell phone which is a something of a painful operation. So forgive any grammatical or punctuation errors.

I’m at the Mountain Crossings outfitter and hostel at Neel’s Gap, Georgia, thirty-one miles into the trail. Fourth day on the trail. This is the first major stop and the first cut for those tlhinking twice about this little endeavor.

Boots hanging from the tree in front of Mountain Crossings.

Today was an easy one, Got in about 10:00 AM this morning after a walk over Blood Mountain, highest point in Georgia.

Views from Blood Mountain.

The group I spent Hawk Mountain shelter has caught up with me. Including the survivalist dudes with knives and spears. No joke. And the loud Australian woman. Sigh.

Wood’s Hole shelter where I stayed last night to avoid the starting crowd circus and the spring I used for water.

I’m only doing a half day today so I can take a shower, clean some clothes and do some planning. Plus, there’s supposed to be thunder storms tonight. May as well hunker down in a building. I need to guess how long it will take to go the next 40 miles to my next supply. I can live a day off trail mix but I would rather not.

The walk into here over Blood Mountain wasn’t too bad. I was kind of underwhelmed really. Highest point in Georgia. A good climb, but nothing worse than an average ridge climb in PA.