Day 7

We had a great night camping at the Rocky Mountain campsite. It was at the top of a mountain at an elevation of 4,017 ft. The cool breeze and lack of rain during the night made for great sleeping. I think this was our first night on the trail that it did not rain. John made it to camp about an hour or so after us. 

Another hiker named Richard showed up just before dark. He was out of water and after talking to us realized that he had been hiking the wrong direction all day. This was the second hiker that we have met hiking in the wrong direction. The trail itself it pretty clearly marked with white blazes which are white rectangles painted on trees every once and a while. Side trails are marked with blue blazes. However, there is rarely anything to tell you if you are northbound or southbound, so if you are contemplating hiking the AT get a map and compass. 

We hiked twelve miles today, crossing two very high summits before setting up camp at Deep Gap Shelter. The shelter looked somewhat "mousy" and had not had any rain so we decided to sleep in the tents.

We did not have very good cell coverage and were there Dads missing our kids and Dads.