Total @ sam's gap: 3 sodas, a burger, 2 hot dogs, 3 donuts, some beans, a Klondike Bar, another ice cream bar, and 1/2 liter of water.

Just after sam's gap.
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Setting up trail magic.
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Sam's Gap. Now I just have to wait two hours for food to get here.
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I miss Wikipedia. I'll be walking along and I'll think 'Bollywood. I know almost nothing about Bollywood.' And it's killing me.

This is Hog Back Ridge shelter. I did twenty hard miles to get here today, but tomorrow I'll have sweet sweet trail magic BBQ.
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Found a morel yesterday. This morning I found a bunch of Soloman's seal.
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Just dug my first cat hole. Not long after, saw my first bear. He was sniffing at some plant up the trail and I scared him off. Night hiking now with some guys.

Turning in early today at Spring Mountain shelter.
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Been raining for a couple days, but today's real pretty.
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Phone's been dead. Stopped in Hot Springs. Was expensive.
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View from Fontana Dam.
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Gatlinburg is... interesting. Walking down the main street, I saw five different places where you can get your picture taken in an old west costume.

Look, Leigh Ann it's a whole store devoted to your most favorite artist in the whole wide world!
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So right now I'm in Gatlinburg. I got into Newfound Gap this morning and had a hell of a time getting a ride, even with this girl 'Ups' standing next to me pretending she needed a ride too. Lousy tourists. Finally this church group consisting mostly of old ladies picked me up in their shuttle. They were all very friendly, and one of them had ducked out of their lunch arrangement to go meet her cousin, so they took me with them to this restaurant called 'The Apple Barn'. I had more fried chicken than I've ever previously eaten in one sitting. After thanking them profusely, I spent the rest of the day wrestling with the nuances of the Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge trolley system. I am swapping out some of my gear for lighter alternatives, notably water purification and ground cover. I hope to drop about five pounds. Tomorrow I'm taking a zero day because there's going to be a really severe
thunder storm, and I'd rather not be caught in the mountains for it.
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Tower on Clingman's Dome.
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A bald.
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No reception in the Smokies, Here's a dump.
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Yesterday I ate a big greasy gas station hot dog, a pint of ice cream, and 3/8 of a pizza. I needed that food to live.

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Good thing: It's not raining. Bad thing: It is very foggy, and this has prevented my clothes from drying.

The Smokies: nothing but mud and bears. Somewhere up there lurks MUDBEAR. (Inside joke)
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Fontana Dam! I'll try to get pictures of the actual dam!
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Could use some Fallout 3 soundtrack. Walking? Check. Carrying a ton of stuff? Check. Radioactive bears? Too early to tell.

Powering on to next shelter. There is no other way.

Only made Eight miles today. Leg hurts and all eight miles were up. Just gonna take it easy.

Breakfast, listening to the Beatles. Everything is cool again.
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Oh and the zero day in Franklin was a lie.

So, crazy adventure last night. Hiked 22 miles and then this guy at the shelter told me there was this big rowing event at the Nantahala Outdoors Center. Booked it 11 more miles, 4 of them in the dark, down to Nantahala. I get there after 9 and everything's closed up. This guy takes pity on me and lets me have some of his noodles. I crash in the dining room and wash my socks in the sink.
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Just scored some serious trail magic. The beer, I will share.

Oops.
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Up in tower. Something's on fire to the left!
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View from the bald.
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Totally awesome tower at Wayah Bald.
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Too tired, man. Taking a zero day in Franklin.

Siler Bald
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Chilly today.

More cool tunnel stuff.
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Top of the tower.
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Tower on Albert? Mountain.
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Steep!
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Looking more like the long green tunnel now.
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Tree or monster?
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NC is spectacular.
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Pretty rocks.
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Folks set up camp at Standing Indian Shelter. Eighteen miles today.
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Cool tree
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In NC
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Hiawassee is a real pretty town. Will try to get some pics.

Low gap. Another tough day but my blisters are healing.

Blood mountain view. My trail name is now 'snack attack' due to my midnight food cravings.
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Go medieval with the blood mountain shelter.
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The walasi-yi center at neel's gap
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Top of blood mountain
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What a day. 15 Miles up and down Blood Mountain. Staying at blood mountain cabins in Neel's Gap.

Blood mountain shelter.
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A between Gooch's gap and blood mountain.
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Mr. Millipede. I moved him off the trail so he wouldn't get hurt.
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Trail magic potato chips.
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