Woke up to the sound of the birds again. Really beginning to enjoy that alarm clock!! We had a great breakfast of eggs and beef and we hit the trail! We got to play frogger today as the trail crosses over Highway 64. A fun way to start the day!
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| Tootsie playing frogger |
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| Highway 64 |
We knew we had lots of hills to look forward to today and they were not wrong. Siler Bald was first on the list. It was a steep hike and then to get to the lookout it was a straight up climb for 1/ 4 of a mile. Brutal!!! But the views were worth it. Some local guys were up there and asked where we were headed. They pointed out the tallest peak and said, there it is!! Cripes, it was going to be a long day!
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| Siler Bald |
We climbed down the hill and found a picnic bench where we gladly took our lunch break. Up the trail came two hikers, and one was Burning Calves! Nice to see a friendly face. We planned to meet up at Nantahala Outdoor Center in a few days as well.
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| Filtering water |
Onward we pushed up the steep mountain towards Wayah Bald. An amazing 360 view of the Southern Appalachian Mountains. At this point our tanks were empty, our legs were shot, our feet hurt. We were done for the day. Thankfully, there was a shelter with some camping sites a mile away. Home was not too far off!!
We set up camp and started our dinner when hiker Lush showed up. A super nice guy, just out of college. He had hiked a lot so we picked his brain. We built a fire and stayed up late (for us old timers!!) We are starting to learn that our way of eating is very different from most of the long term hikers. Most seem to survive on candy and chips. Not sure how they do that!!
Random (mental) play list today: Beauty and the Beast and I would walk 500 miles. This song led me down the rabbit hole of no way would anyone walk 500 miles in the heat and rain with 40 pounds just to come to your door. No way. (I was half delirious at this point!!)
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