Day 5 - Resupply!

Up and at 'em!

Started by walking down to the camp store at the Loft Mountain Campground. What a beautiful view!

The plan today is to meet my sister about noon, about 6 mi down the trail. So we decided to go a little slow this morning. Didn't get on the trail till nearly 9:30. We were going to get started a little earlier, however I decided I wanted a cup of coffee from the store, a turkey sandwich, and James wanted some pickled carrots and an energy drink.

The Trail

Today the trail was much the same as yesterday. Very scenic! And of course lots of ups and downs. One thing I did notice that there was a few more overlooks on this one, so it's always nice to have a good view while you're putting in the work on the trail.

The trail is just full of these white flowers on trees. I think that they are mountain laurels? Somebody else would probably be able to correct me if I'm wrong, plants are really not my strong suit 😂

Fresh Clothes!

We arrived at the resupply on time, and had to wait a little bit for my sister to show. She's doing us a huge favor by driving most of the day to make sure we have food, fresh clothes, any extra gear supplies, and to take things away that we figured we don't need.

So we took this moment to just take a long break 🙏.

 

My sister showed up with tons of goodies for us, including subway sandwiches, and cold drinks. It was SO GOOD!  

We spent a few hours together sorting gear, and thinking through what we really need. 

We got a change of clothes and headed up the road a couple of miles to the next trailhead

We plan to meet again three days, and then decide what we will do... Go further or call it good👍.

 

Next up...

Tomorrow we will do 12-15 miles to the next shelter. We are hoping to dodge thunderstorms - the weather west of us didn't look great. So please, pray for gentle cool breezes and a little sunshine. 🌞