Today was our longest hike yet..... 13 miles. It was also our warmest day to date. The sun was shining down on us all day long. We stopped for lunch at Low Gap Shelter. There we took about an hour long break during which we enjoyed the creek and basked in the warm sun before we continued on. Most of the hike today was right along the ridge line of the Georgia Appalachian Mountains. It was truly awesome as there was a view in both directions. No matter where we looked, a beautiful vista lay before us. While we hiked today, we met a nice guy named "South Side" who is on his second attempt to through-hike the Appalachian Trail. Tonight we are camping at a site right before Blue Mountain Shelter. Left Toe is joining us again and we had another raging fire. After dark, another hiker, named "Hardcore" showed up to camp out with us. We had previously met and hung out with him a few times already. In fact, we helped him decide on his trail name. The other day when we saw him, he shared a story about a terrible car wreck he had survived. He was telling us and some other hikers about the experience. One of the guys said, "Man, you are hardcore!" Then proceeded to ask him his name. When he answered that he didn't have a trail name yet, Kat and I knew it should be "Hardcore." He agreed. Tomorrow is not only our first resupply stop, but it is also Giggle's 22nd birthday. We will go into Helen, Georgia tomorrow and pick up packages of more food and supplies that we mailed to ourselves before we left for our journey. Then we will celebrate Giggle's birthday.
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