 Arrived
at Woody Gap (Suches, GA) and re-supply. When we arrived at
Gap we were really surprised, trail angels, Sharon and "Tracker"
Stephenson provided all hikers coming off the trail a full course
spread.....lunch meats, pop, cookies, cake, doughnuts, o-juice,
potato chips and a variety of breads...all you could eat!
"Tracker" took several of the hikers to the little store inside
Suches for re-supplies and then came back for us. And to top
the feast off......pecan ice cream.
Jay and I were there for a couple of hours. Signed their
register book and included the AT website. Sharon had two sons
and a granddaughter who were preemies. A thru-hiker, "One
Thing" had already told her I was coming through after him on the AT
and would have a dog hiking for NIN. She was expecting us; so
it was a good thing that I had mention to her about NIN.
Tented on top of Big Cedar Mt. Built a warm
campfire and had a wonderful view of the valley below us to the
East. Went to bed about 10:00pm. Early in the morning
hours all hell broke loose! It started to thunder and
lightening and then poured buckets of rain. Everything was
soaked and heavy to carry. Jay and I thought about leaving the
tents and going lower down on the mountain until the storm passed,
but decided against that idea. - I haven't had much sleep since
leaving Amicolola Falls. |
