First Week

Places Stayed:
Springer Mountain Shelter
Hawk Mountain Shelter
Gooch Mountain Shelter
Lance Creek
Cowrock Mountain

Well, we have survived our first week. Whooo! The anticipation from the first night is still clear however. Tyler and I had awoken early that day not knowing what would lay before us. As we waited for that sun to rise, my biggest fear was that soon my armpits would be very hairy.

Eventually, 6:30 came and we rose quickly to down the last of decent food we would have (for a week). It was a rainy(understatement), cold morning like one would expect any great journey to begin. Well let me tell you what, it continued that way for three more days. We signed in and weighed our packs at Amicalola Falls. They weighed in at 47-Tyler's, 45-Mum, and 40 Charlotte pounds. This is, of course, much heavier than we expected but what can one do?
Like I might have hinted above, it rained for quite some time. Our spirits were high so we simply didn't mind. The rain was so persistent that on the first night it actually rained inside the tent which was a rather rude awakening. Silly me, I had assumed that spending a large sum of money for things to be waterproof would make them so thus making me invincible. I was very humbled the next morning when everything was soaked.

The rain stopped and we all rejoiced as the sun came out.

There is much more that I would like to share but I am too tired.

So we hike on.