4/04

Long day today 

15 miles, 5000ft elevation in total. Really trying to hype myself up for tomorrow. Gunna try my hardest not to spend the night in the hotel at Fontana Dam, super expensive there since it's a resort. Excited to start the Smokey Mountains though 

This morning starting with the longest climb of the day. Really tried to get up early before the heat set in. I was able to summit before noon and took a nice long lunch break at the top.

View from the top was nice

Not many pictures for the rest of the day. Really just went into autopilot to finish the rest of the miles. I did however get some trail magic from Lawrence. He had veggies, chips, dip, gatorade, apples, oranges, and beer! 

Really helped with the last couple miles. Shelter didn't have many people at it, just a father and son who I talked to for a while. They section hike every year during spring break. 

First national park tomorrow night. 

Until then,

See ya lovelies 😘

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