Made it to Haiwassee

After hiking the approach trail we spent a few more days on the trail getting to Blood Mountain. We had our first taste of trail magic, which is where people bring treats to the trail, we had coffee, fruit, and other snacks brought to us by a local church group, they also had plenty of hand sanitizer and buckets of bleach for us to wash up before touching anything. We stayed in Little cabins for one night, we were treated to an awesome dinner brought to us by some local veterans who support the Warrior Expeditions veterans program. unfortunately with the virus they just dropped the food off and we didn’t really get to socialize with them, but we definitely appreciated what they did for us! We had a very good night’s sleep before heading out the next morning.

It was definitely the coldest hike yet today! We spent two days, one night, hiking from the base of Blood Mountain (neels gap) to Haiwassee. Last night my tent was on a bit of a slope so I barely got any sleep, but luckily we are in a motel tonight, and also tomorrow night since we are taking a rest day for our bodies to recover. We had our first resupply at a local grocery store today, was quite eerie with how few people were there and some of the items missing from the shelves, but we definitely had plenty to fill up our food bags!