Find the legs of my paths at the entrance of the Smokies

Last night I had a rather terrible dream, which is beginning to become a trend in shelters. From the mouse incident, my brain is on maximum alert in shelters. Some people snoring and my ear plugs did not bloc it at all. Someone’s dinner did not agree with them and the smells floated through the shelter.

I woke up with my alarm at 6:30 feeling quite horrible and decided to be awake until 7. At 7, it took me a little time before starting to pack. Yesterday I ate my last portion of Pizza and gathered my things to address the bathrooms. When I returned, I distracted me a bit copying barefoot in his stretching routine. Definitely, something I have been loosening. I finished packing and took a honeybun and decided to have two coffee packages and an essential breakfast.

I also saw Fire Marshall, whom I had not noticed last night. I had not seen it from just at the beginning of North Carolina. Last night he slept outside just welcoming the environment. We compared notes about who we had seen on the road. He hasn’t seen Islan on the way and wondered where I was holding.

As there were 8, I decided to have a cold coffee, which I enjoyed sitting in the sun. The honey bread was really sweet and I had a bit difficult. I have been noticing much more how much I do not enjoy meals too sweet, probably because I have been eating much more garbage than I am used to. It is a pity that the sweetest and livian snacks seem to be the highest in calories. I need more tasty vegetarian options of high calories!

I finished packing and heading to the bathrooms with my package to be able to give my pot. When I left the bathroom, a boy recorded me as a hiker and said he had many different hiker supplies and good coffee in his truck. He had walked to Delaware Water Gap in 2021 before leaving the road due to an injury. As everything was packed, with caffeine and eating to get on the road, I thanked him, but continued without reviewing his things.

The massive dam that the path crosses fair

The first two miles to get to the Smokies path were an easy walk with beautiful views of the lake. I met the fire chief and walked with him to the dam, where he stopped to take some photos. I will cross the entrance to the Smokies, but there was still more way until I finally arrived at the beginning of the path.

An exciting milestone!

When it was time to leave my permission in the box, I marked my hip pockets where I was sure I had put it, but I could not find it anywhere. I expected it to be fine, but I had the other half in case my permission was reviewed.

The first two miles had approximately 1600 feet of elevation gain, but I felt quite energized and moved as quickly as I could. I was quite surprised to go to Boadbait, who had left at least an hour before me, but he told me that his knee was acting and decelerating him. I went ahead and I was surprised that one hour would have gone two miles. I have never been able to keep that speed at any climb, I have been lucky if I can go faster than an mile per hour. It was exciting to see the progress I have made.

Shortly after that, I took the lateral path to the Tower of Fire, where Barefoot and Cyborg were sitting. They were surprised to have reached them and Cyborg was determined to think about a path name for me. I went up to the Tower of Fire and enjoyed the beautiful views of the lake and the surrounding hills and mountains. Some of the best views so far!

It was a long climb but it was worth sight!

I had a fast snack and kept moving, without wanting to lose impulse. I heard a podcast while walking. The most steep climb was out of the way, but there was still a lot of elevation gain for the day.

The rest of the day was full of small ups and downs that felt much easier after the big climb today. In the middle of the way, I met the fire chief with a Ridgerunner who asked to see my permission. It seemed that the fire chief had not received permission, but the Ridgerunner was pleasant and was writing a permit on the spot.

This bee like bug took a break in my backpack with me

I arrived at the first refuge at 3:30 pm and I had a lunch late. A group of hikers who were at the Fontana refuge were in this shelter for the night, and talked with them while eating. All were retired or semi -retired and made trips together when they could.

Can you see the Funky -looking fruit?

I was surprised how early I had reached the shelter and how well I felt. I had reduced my mileage intentionally since I heard that the smakies were more difficult, but it seems that my paths of trails have finally activated. I decided to continue to the next refuge, which was only 3 miles beyond. A few minutes after the walk, I saw a small red fox on the path. It was so fast that it was barely a flash, but it was great to witness. The promenade was not so bad and kept a good rhythm. I arrived at the shelter around 5:30. There were groups of sections hikers during the weekend at the shelter, and we talked while my things placed me.

I called my sister and talked on the phone for a while, then I prepared the dinner and settled in the shelter. I expected that, since it was the weekend, there would be many sections and days hikers so that I did not have to sleep in the shelter, but as the shelter remained empty, I knew that probably enough people did not appear at this time.

The rule in the smoks is that regular backpacks must reserve their shelters in advance and sleep in shelters, while hikers must sleep in shelters unless there is not enough space. Even if a hiker arrives at the shelter before a regular hiker, they are required to give up their space in the shelter if there is no space and someone with a reserved place arrives. As I sleep better in my store, I expected the shelter to be full and allowed me to load.

These are the mountains I will be uploading the next few days

The campaign was not tonight, but I was the only person at the lower level of the two -story shelter. I saw a mouse mouse before I slept. I managed to keep that out of my mind and fell asleep quickly for once, feeling really tired of the day.

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