Daylight over the mountains

We've made it to Hiawassee, GA--we're doing great! We only have one more day of Georgia hiking before we hit North Carolina. We're staying with a friend here, and it's great to be indoors because it's snowing outsite! We went out to a great Mexican restaurant tonight--what a treat! I'm attaching a picture album of our journey thus far. Our feet are doing great: Mike has 2 small blisters, Hannah has none. Regarding trail names, some friends we met named Hannah "Good Spot" because everytime they saw us we were camping or taking a break in a beautiful spot on the mountain. Mike is still trail-name-less: any suggestions?

Springer Mtn to Dicks Creek Gap

We did buy a new tent (Big Agnes Seedhouse SL2 for those keeping track). It's a bit smaller and a bit heavier but it actually keeps the rain on the outside which gives us great peace of mind. Last night we experienced some sideways blowing hail and had to come off the trail to get out of the storm. The temperature in our tent was about 29 degrees in the morning, but fortunately our sleeping bags kept us very toasty during the night. The picture below is the thermometer on my watch reading 29 degrees.

Snow started falling pretty steadily as we started walking towards Dicks Creek Gap (where the road to Hiawassee meets the trail). Below you see the start of our snowy walk on Tuesday morning. It began snowing very hard soon afterward and there were some beautiful (but cold!) scenes, but our camera ran out of battery power.

We expect to be in Franklin, NC in about 3-4 days, so you can expect the next update then. We are really enjoying the trail and having a fantastic time together!!Thanks for reading.