Day 14 WOW

So 14 is my lucky number and today was very fitting. We got to sleep in a warm, dry tent while it rained all night. Then we woke up to a local Baptist church group providing even more trail magic! They had homemade biscuits with sausage gravy and scrambled eggs, bit thick slices of bacon and homemade sausage patties, orange juice, hot drinks, milk, homemade jam, apples, carrots, and more. They also had a huge fire roaring by 8:30 am and big tents set up because it was raining pretty hard. After that amazing breakfast, we hiked about 11.8 miles today...in the rain. It has not stopped raining since last night, but it was actually kind of fun to hike in the rain today. Some of the "views" were way too foggy to see anything at all, which was a bit disappointing, but there were also some spots where fog and low sitting clouds covered only parts of the mountains, but bits and pieced of the giant rocks poked out. Today was also awesome because Topo's parents, Methan and Mozzy Lou came with amazing amounts of trail magic. They had to come pick up our 4th partner, Mosey, because doggies are not allowed in the Smokies and we are taking the 17th and 18th off to go to Asheville. So....since they were coming to pick up Mosey anyway, they decided to hike up and meet us at Rufas Morgan Shelter with a 70 pound pack full of goodies for us. They brought....cheeseburgers, pizza, chili, brownies, fruit, salad, a veggie tray, beer, sweet tea and so much more! They made sure we were all stuffed full of the wonderful treats and even brought along a laptop computer so we could all upload our pictures. Then they had to go (and take Mosey, too) before it got dark. Tonight, we are camping with Big Boots and a new guy named Trapper we met tonight who is section hiking. Trapper got a big fire going even thought it didn't stop raining all night. We are lucky to be in shelter tonight. Its a pretty small one, probably sleeps about 6 and we only have 5. Tonight we will sleep to the sound of rain on the shelter's tin roof. Goodnight.