So, Day 1. March 11. Emotional. Lots of highs lots of not so highs. Headed to Amicalola in the morning to make it real and register as a thru hiker. I was #294 for the season. Then we headed over to springer to start this thing. After some emotional good byes, I walked into the woods.
Very strange feeling knowing that if all goes well, it'd be 5+ months until I was back...
First few hours were nice. Was trying to make the fist shelter at Hawk Mountain, 8 miles away. But about 1/2 way there the skies just opened up. Walked for 2 hours in the pouring rain, only to find the shelter not only full, but about 30 tents had been pitched nearby. Whoops. Set up in the rain (awful) ate a hot meal and dug in for the night.
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