Day 27: April 24, 2022
AT mile 358.0 to 377.1
Hiked: 19.1 miles / 30.7 km
AT miles hiked to date: 17.2%

Last night we were camped in a pine forest the floor a carpet of springy moss. It was cool but not cold and we woke refreshed. Initially the trail was a tangle of roots and rocks but as we moved into deciduous forest the track became smoother. We had some lovely views from the hilltops and enjoyed a generally easier gradient but still had a few steep climbs.

Along the trail we met a couple of day hikers with their dog, Rufus who seemed to be really enjoying his freedom on the mountains.

Off the trail a little was a shelter where we stopped for lunch. We met another couple who are section hiking- having completed a thruhike in 2015. Their trail names are Little Bear and Atlas. We saw them again in the afternoon up in the Roan Mtn foothills. They were hoping to summit and move down from there before nightfall. We have decided to camp just halfway up in a pleasant camp-site and hope to not be as cold as it would be near the top.