Day 6

Our night in the shelter with the kids worked out well. Like us, they must have been very tired from hiking.  It rained most of the night and it was nice not to have to pack a wet tent. 

The weather was perfect today. We hiked about 11 miles today bringing our total up to 54.  Only about 24 miles left until we reach North Carolina and 34 to our final destination. 

When we got on the trail this morning it looked like an angel was looking over us. Made us feel pretty good about the day.  Isaiah 40:28-31

Today we saw two snakes on the trail. Eric unknowingly stepped over both of them before Chris spotted them. The first spotting caused some "little girl" sceams. I won't say who did the screaming but I will say that it did not come from Michelle (or me).  We have not seen a bear yet but ran into a couple that had.  They got scared and had turned around. 

Tonight we are back to sleeping in tents at a nice camp sight.  Here we have seen our first insects which are some gnats. They are a bit annoying but do not bite and have mostly cleared since we got a camp fire started.  We have yet to see a single mosquito, tic, or fly, except for the fly that was in Chris's beer at the restaurant the other night.

John is still hiking with us and just arrived at our camp sight after some restocking assistance from his wife.