Feeling Accomplished

Back on the trail after a Zero day at a fabulous hostel, Barefoot Hills luxury hotel and hostel. Listening to the birds sing and missing some big thunderstorms with hail was a great idea.

We got a surprise visitor before bed, that was quite a scare. A scorpion was on the bed next to me and one was stepped on, unknowing, at the bathroom door.

Few, we’re fine, just a scary first experience.

Back on the trail. My troubled knee felt much better and we were hiking at a faster pace than days prior.

Everything is beautiful!

Plenty of ups and plenty of downs with some flats that were a blessing in between.

Turns out taking that day off was a great idea indeed. Blood Mountain was no joke. No blood, but no joke. The time we would have been crossing this mountain would have been right in the severe storm and there were parts that were incredibly hard to navigate with poor marking. Also, the shelter was struck by lightning in the storm and people that sought refuge got hurt. Luckily everyone is going to be okay. We’re still very happy that we weren’t in that.

We ended our day at Neels Gap with just 5 minutes to get in the store and re-supply.

This is the famous place where people that give up hang their shoes in the trees. Note that our shoes are still on our feet.

Big day, made it 11.5 miles with our first 4,000 foot mountain.

Ben’s still getting a little floppy foot, but balance is good and no other symptoms.

We’re beating MS!

So ends our day.

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