another new quick post - I'm at Fontana Dam - gonna enter the Smokies tomorrow. Looks like I'll be meeting my mom and sister at Newfound Gap. Gatlinburg should be interesting.
Fun trail magic this morning. I was at a campsite last night with three others about 3 miles from the Dam and as we were finishing packing up about 7:45 am, a monstrous thunderstorm rolled in. Fun. Actually, it was kind of cool, but perhaps a tad bit too close to the lightning strikes - thunder rolling off almost instantly after the light filled the skies. Anyway, as we roll down to Fontana Marina, a Mayfield Icecream truck was in view and we were trenched and soaked and cold (perfect for icecream). Pyro-fly asked if there were any damaged boxes and the Mayfield guy gave us a whole box of Sundae Cones. It was truly a joy-filled moment. Then at 10:45, Captain Caveman's mom came with her students with sandwiches, sodas, cupcakes, vegetables...stuff like this makes hiking in thunderstorms totally worth it!
Thanks again for all the trail angels.
Hiking is still wonderful - I have lousy moments from time to time - mostly from the body adapting to suddenly carrying 30+ lbs...but it's adapting well and in a few weeks, I think I'll be as strong as ever.
And for the record, my trail name has become Lucky Star - a story on that to come...too many other people need to use the solo computer here.
Ciao for now!
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