Day 15




First zero day! Lounging around, doing laundry and resupplying in Gatlinburg while we wait for the storms to mostly pass. Then we’re planning to have a big push tomorrow to get most of the way out of the Smokies (or at least to lower elevation). Maybe 23ish miles or so.


The only shuttle time we could get tomorrow is for a pickup at 5:30am. So headlamps for the first mile or two!

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