Day 2

Sassafras Mtn to Henry Gap - 13 mi

Woke up to the sound of rain. Opened the tent and found ourselves in the clouds. Hiked 2.5 miles to Justus Creek to find Nate and Tyler (a hiker we'd met yesterday) stopped there. We chatted, pumped water, brushed our teeth, and parted ways. Stopped at Gooch Mtn Shelter to eat some snacks out of the rain and found 3 other hikers there. Two were teachers and one was a local that had thru-hiked last year but since had pretty much just lived on the trail. He lectured us for a little while about the importance of having the right gear (an area we are confident in) while offering to take some of our food for himself. We left. Stopped later at Woody Gap for lunch in the clouds in a parking lot. There we found Nate and Tyler with the guy who offered to eat our food whose name we found out was Moose. Headed up and out to Big Cedar Mtn where we got the first good view all day as the clouds broke, then rolled back in. 2 miles later we made camp at Henry Gap.