March 28th - Day 27

Most of us had to get something at REI and they opened at 10:00 so we knew it was going to be a late start. We woke up at 8:00 am had a great breakfast at Michael's aunt's house and packed up all our stuff. We took pretty long at REI returning things and buying new gear. We ate lunch at a place similar to Moe's and finally made it to the trail at around 3:00 pm. We were only hiking 8 miles. The snow was starting to melt and the sun was out so the hike was pretty sweet. We got to Bald Mountain Shelter at around 6:30 pm, made dinner, and got in our sleeping bags. I think it's going to be real cold tonight (for a change:) Tomorrow we should be in Erwin, Tennessee where I might take a zero because everyone else is, not sure yet. We passed the 300 mile mark yesterday, only about 100 miles from Virginia so that's pretty exciting.

bald in NC

cool bald