Rise and shine. Made coffee & oatmeal. Onward. We stopped at Blue Mtn Shelter for lunch which is where Chad checked his voicemail and heard the news that his grandfather had passed away. It was expected but still very sad. He was a trooper to be out there.
We hiked down into what I think was Unicoi Gap which had a terrible climb up and out - and it was really hot if I remember correctly. We met some people from PA at the trailhead down there and talked Yeungling for a moment. Made it up to a camp site on Rocky Mountain where we were gonna stay for the night. An older guy stopped there too and I can't remember his deal exactly except that he was extremely talkative. Then a girl named Carolina came along too. Think we ate the Mountainhouse for dinner that night and oh was it delicious. Oh Mountainhouse beef stroganoff...
THen we hatched the plan to make it all the way to Hiawassee the next day. We were thinking maybe Blueberry Patch hostel which only allowed 12 guests a night or something so we were kinda nervous about getting turned away. Decided to hike on 4 more miles to Tray Mtn shelter but after a tough day had to stop on the top of Tray Mtn to tent. I remember seeing the lights from some town up there...it was dark by the time we stopped. Slept like a baby yet again.
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