76.5 miles.
We made it to North Carolina! Four straight days and nights of rain -we're cold and pretty much everything on and around us is wet. Sun's supposed to come out tomorrow -hope she does.
Today was our first fifteen mile day, felt pretty good. Legs are tired, but not really more than they have been at the end of the other days. Georgia was pretty -we missed most of the views on account of being in the middle of a cloud for most of it, but the forest is beautiful -lots of mountain laurel, tall oaks and poplars, and rolling mountains. Birds started singing a few times, too, when the rain let up a bit. We saw junkos, woodpeckers, chickadees, titmouse, and rufus sided tohees. Heard woodcocks, and thrush, and a number of grouse, too.
I love it out here in the woods.
Got to call home from a mountain top under my umbrella today to wish dad a happy birthday. Great to catch up with him and ma. Also talked to Ryan who said that Sven broke down on him forty minutes after he dropped us off at Neel's Gap. Sorry about that, Ryan!
To pop, I wish you the peace of the forest, the steadfastness of the trees, the gentleness of rain, and the happiness of being surrounded by it all. Happy birthday.
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