100 Miles
Wednesday, March 30, 2016 10:56 am
Location: Albert Mountain Fire Tower (100.1 miles)

After a steep climb, a major milestone: 100 miles!

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Overlook
Location: Betty Creek Gap Campsite (97.6 miles)

Today started off cold, and rather than use a lot of fuel to heat almost-freezing water and a cookpot, I just had some cereal bars for breakfast.

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An Old and Twisted Tree
Location: Muskrat Creek Shelter (81.4 miles)

Quiet start to the day. Breakfast at Taco Bell, then walked over the post office to mail my useless solar charger back home, then to the food store to pick up more food for the next few days.

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Georgia/North Carolina Border
Monday, March 28, 2016 3:21 pm
Location: Georgia - North Carolina Border (78.5 miles)

Hello, North Carolina!

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Hikers Relaxing
Location: Dicks Creek Gap / Hiawassee (69.6 miles)

After an awful night's sleep, not so great weather overnight, and the promise of more lousy weather tomorrow, instead of going to Top of Georgia, and continuing on to the next shelter, I instead decided to take a "nero" (near-zero miles) day, and walked to Dicks Creek Gap, and got a shuttle into Hiawassee to stay at the Budget Inn here.

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