On Friday we hit unusually warm weather as we made it to Low Gap Shelter. Dave's knee continued to give him trouble but lucky for us one of the other thru-hikers is a physical therapist and could stretch him out. The next day was partly cloudy keeping it cooler but we hit two 1000+ foot climbs to reach Tray Mt. Shelter. Sunday morning we woke up and flew down to Dick's Creek Gap covering 11.5mi in 4.5 hrs. We were greeted with some more trail magic making it five days in a row we have had some magic on the trail. We caught a ride into Hiawassee with the county attorney of all people. The ride in the back of his pickup was fast and cold. We resupplied and spent the night in a cheap motel. Today we had a delicious hot breakfast, picked up some odds and ends, and caught a ride back to the trail for a really really long 5 mile day of hiking. ;) We're planning on getting to Fontana Dam in about 6 days.
-Jon
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