Warmer weather

Today the temps rose and Mr Happy went back to the trail again after a night in Franklin. He was shuttled back to where he got off yesterday and hiked the 3.7 mile blue blazed Kinsey Creek Trail back to the AT at Deep Gap. Hopefully he then took a left turn (northbound). Wouldn't it suck if he took a wrong turn there and started heading back towards GA? Tonight he plans to stay at Carter Gap Shelter (not bad digs from the look of the picture). We are aware that many folks reading this journal probably don't know a lot about the life of a thru-hiker. If you have any questions you would like to ask Mr Happy post them in "comments" from the link below. For example we heard that last night there was a lively discussion among some of Mr Happy's friends about how many pairs of underpants were in his pack and did he carry a little shovel for digging that all important "cat hole"? When Mr Happy gets to Carter Gap he will be 90.7 miles from where he started at Springer mountain. Today he he will have hiked 11.3 miles for the day.

Tomorrow or the next day he hopes to reach Winding Stair Gap (where the trail crosses Rte 64 on the map above.)