Waiting out the fog and rain

      Our clothes after only 4 days!

      Still awful after pre-rinsing them three times!

      Moving on with the promise of clearer weather ahead

      Bon Bon on the banks of The Appalachian River

      Doc

      Hog Pen Gap - many of the place names along the trail go back a long, long time

      Coming in to Low Gap Shelter

      Packing up

      Fresh water spring right beside our tents

      Low Gap Shelter (we tented nearby)

      Hiking on an old forest road

      Rotten trail

      Dinner in Helen

      Downtown Helen

      Eileen and Cindy gave us a ride back to the trail

      Mo Mike

      Sassafras Gap tent site

      Rhododendron tunnel

      A "piped" spring

      Clearing blowdowns from the trail is a huge, never-ending job

      Bon Bon, the hitchhiking pro

      Dave and Robin gave us a ride into Hiawassee

      Hanging out in borrowed clothes while ours were getting washed

      A piece of history in downtown Hiawassee

      Mailing home Bon Bon's gear

      Mo Mike, Bon Bon, 66

      Bon Bon's sister, Jo, and friend, Holt, who picked her up in Hiawassee

      Off on my own

      Somaly, a college student out for a weekend of backpacking with her buddies

      Plumorchard Gap Shelter

      Moe!

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