Day 27

Day 27 - Hot Springs to Campsite north of Log Cabin Drive - 17 miles (289 miles total)

We woke up to a beautiful morning by the French Broad River, and decided to walk back to town to use the Post Office and get some stove fuel from the outfitter. We packed up but left our packs inside our tent on the river bank, so we didn't have to carry them around with us. We were at the Post Office mailing postcards by 8:40am, and had 20 min. to kill until the outfitter opened so back to the dollar store we went. Once again the register lady reminded us why we'll never live in the South ("Obama's not even an American Citizen. He don't even have a birth certificate. Impeach him!"). It was time to go. Over the brige again and up the mountainside with good views of the town below from Lovers Leap Rock. Eventually we decided to stop, to give the guy in front of us some space, and eat a snack. There we saw H^2 (Kristy) who informed us of the crappy weather forecast for the rest of the week (a couple of days of rain). We got some unexpected trail magic (cans of coke) from a former thru hiker as we crossed the major road that lead out of town. Took a blue blaze to see another fire tower where we spent some time talking with some guys from Alabama. It was a pretty quiet and normal day, and we're looking forward to hitting the 300 mile mark tomorrow. We made camp and our stuff sack for bear bagging got stuck in a tree and will probably stay there until the distant future, so we'll figure something else out- but it's not a problem.