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Today was a tough, tough day with many, many steep, challenging climbs. We finally came to a bald called Max Patch at approx 5000 feet-what a sight! It was beautiful: 360-degree views, and a pretty clear sky. We kept climbing up, and we couldn't resist camping up at the top. Amazing night. It got pretty cold, though we were plenty warm in our tent (the Zoid rocks). <br><br> <b>Sunday, April 20</b><br> Waking up atop Max Patch was incredible. The views! Amazing. On to Deer Park Mtn. Shelter. A lot of people had the same idea as we did, to stay at the shelter and have an easy walk into Hot Springs the next day, so the shelter was pretty crowded. We made it an early night - we were very excited to get to Hot Springs & shower! <br><br> <b>Monday, April 21</b><br> This was the morning that 42 reached her limit- She woke up Moo at 6:45 am and told him they had to get to town NOW. (It was our ninth day without a shower-can you blame her?)! Her freakiness combined with the threat of rain propelled us to get ready in record time, and we were on the trail by 7:30. We walked the final 3.2 miles of our 109-mile, 8-night, 9-day stint out in the woods right into Hot Springs, NC. We got there too early to check into a place (shower delayed, ugh), so we stopped at the Smoky Mtn Diner for some good breakfast. Next stop, Creekside Lodging @ the Paddler's Pub for a room. We finally showered!!! Wonderful. <br><br> <b>Tuesday, April 22</b><br> A fantastic zero day (no hiking!) in Hot Springs! This place was amazing. We slept in, had lunch at the Paddler's Pub. We also got massages! Pretty great. Ate at the diner with other hikers, then went back to the Paddler's Pub for a while. We spoke to our folks-as always, it was great to catch up. Hot Springs is a relaxing haven, but we'd planned on getting back on the trail the next day. <br><br> <b>Wednesday, April 23</b><br> Well, Hot Springs is the Hotel California-you can check out any time you like, but you can (almost) never leave. We got up, packed up our stuff, checked out of the hotel, planned to have a good lunch and hit the trail for at least 11 miles . . . then we got sucked back into the Hot Springs vortex for a while. Finally, at 5:30pm, we began the climb out of town. After five miles, it was getting dark, so we pitched the tent then hung out by the campfire. We went to hang our food on the bear rope Moo had hung-and for the first time, Moo's bear rope failed! As we started hauling up the food, the limb the rope was on cracked. So we had to find another one-not easy in the dark w/ only our headlamps for light. All of the trees seemed limbless. We finally found another one, but the branch just bent over and the bag slipped off. The third one's the charm-we got the food hung, and confident that the bears were thwarted, went to bed. <br><br> <b>Thursday, April 24</b><br> Moo got up bright and early, but 42 was wiped out from the bear-rope escapades. While she slept in, Moo made a morning fire & had hot chocolate ready to entice 42 out of the tent. Both of us were feeling sluggish as we hiked. Had lunch at the Spring Mtn. Shelter. We were dragging for most of the day, but somehow made it almost 15 miles to the next shelter. We had a great campfire & hung out for a while. The only downside: Moo burned his Waldie (his camp shoe)!. Very sad, but the shoe's still usable. Phew. <br><br> By the way, today marks one month we've been hiking (if you count the approach trail, which we do)!! <br><br> <b>Friday, April 25</b><br> We finally left the shelter around 10:30. We thought the next shelter-and lunch-was only five miles away, but we just kept walking, and walking, and walking w/o coming across a shelter. 42 finally pulled out the book and realized the shelter was 7 miles away, not five-disappointment! But at least there was a shelter ahead. We finally made it there and had lunch. Then we went on-the hiking was getting really beautiful (the weather had cleared up). Came across a field, and in the middle was a high school biology class. Then we were back into the woods, and a little while later in the middle of the trail was "300" written in stones, showing that we had come 300 miles-another milestone! Reached the shelter, and set up inside-rain was predicted again. We had dinner and a great campfire. Moo was more careful with his Waldies this time. <br><br> <b>Saturday, April 26</b><br> Once again it was lucky that we stayed in the shelter, because it rained in the night-love when that happens! The rain cleared up early on, and we had a beautiful day of hiking. We had heard that there were 2 diners just a few miles off the trail at Sam's Gap, so that became our goal: get to Sam's Gap and get some real food! When we got back to the trail, we hiked in a few miles, set up our tent, and then hung out by the fire. We finally went to bed, but were kept up by the howling wind outside and the rain pelting the tent. Would we be washed away in the night? The adventure continues. . . <br><br> <b>Sunday, April 27</b><br> After the night of rain and howling wind & rain, we weren't sure what we'd wake up to, but we were greeted by sunlight and blue skies. Wonderful! The plan was to hike 17 miles to the shelter right before Erwin, then have an easy day going into Erwin the next day. It was an incredible day of hiking. We started off going through some rolling fields. Then a few miles (and an intense climb) later, we came upon Big Bald, an amazing spot with incredible 360-degree views. The sun was out & we just plopped ourselves down on top of the bald and relaxed. Moo was tempted to spend the night there, but we had only come five miles and had talked about a 17 mile day, so 42 propelled us onward. About a mile later, we came to Bald Mtn. Shelter, where we stopped for a snack. We hiked about three more miles and stopped for lunch at Whistling Gap. Then we did a bit of a rock scramble up to a rock plateau w/ some great views. Sensing a pattern-hike, stop, hike, stop-we began to rethink our 17-mile-day plan. When we came to a great campsite near Spivey Gap, we decided to call it a day. We began setting up camp very early, at 5:30 or so. Got the bear rope hung, cooked dinner. Fixed up the fire ring and Moo helped 42 make a fire. We played cards-once again, 42 walloped Moo. Then to bed. <br><br> <b>Monday, April 28</b><br> Got up early because we wanted to get to Erwin, 11+ miles away, by 2:00 or so. We started hiking around 8:00. Again, it was beautiful terrain. We hiked up to the No Business Knob Shelter for a quick break, then we were on our way again. As we emerged from the woods, the first thing we saw was a great wooden porch w/ soda machines-Nirvana! It turned out to be a hostel, Uncle Johnny's, which had a great cabin for us to rent, so we decided to stay there. We showered up (ah!), gave them our laundry to do (nice!), then went into town. Got our mail drop from the post office, then re-supplied, then went to Pizza Plus for pizza. We had read that Erwin had a movie theater and were sooooooo excited to go to the movies. It turns out that although there is a movie theater, it's only open on the weekends, and it was Monday! So no movie. To compensate, we bought Twizzlers and watched a movie on the VCR in our cabin. 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