Day 24: April 21, 2022
AT mile 311.0 to 327.7
Hiked: 16.7 miles / 26.9 km
AT miles hiked to date: 14.9%

5400ft ups, 3440ft downs today but it felt like all up, mostly steep! First was up past a pretty waterfall and on up to a mountain top.

We stopped at a beautiful grassy view spot for lunch and in the distance we could identify Big Bald Mountain – far away and higher than the morning peak.

The way up there was by multiple ups and downs and it seemed endless but the spectacular view from the top made it all worthwhile.

We have passed a number of memorial stones on the AT so far but today we saw an engraved stone with a dedication and a blessing from a family who donated this patch to the AT association.

This afternoon we passed a groodle hiking and carrying 2 packs – one with his food and one with his poop! His trail name is Wiggle Bottom!

Now we are camped with a few other hikers including another friendly dog called Kiko. Dogs are allowed on a lot of the trail but there are some sections they have to miss. All the dogs on trail that we’ve met have been very well behaved. We are missing our dog Mollie but are sure she would not enjoy the miles we are doing.