May 23...712 miles!!!

I am laying on this huge rock at Tinker Cliffs. We hiked a good 15 mile day. We came across the most photographed place on the AT and were lucky to have some clearing in the fog.
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It rained again today; however, we are getting smarter (and desperate to keep our poor feet dry). We ran under a big tree and threw the footprint to our tent over our heads. It rained hard for about 15 minutes and continued to sprinkle so we carried on.

At one point, there was this loud buzzing from some kind of bug to our right and another deeper sound like a frog orchestra on our left. It was incredibly loud

When we came to these cliffs with this view, we stopped and set up camp.

We tried a new meal. We discovered through observation that there is this vine that you can peel the bark off that makes a great fire starter. EZ made a fire and I made grilled cheese tortillas in foil. Delicious! As I was cooking, three deer walked through our camp area. Wow, we are having a perfect ending to our day. Even our socks are drying out by the fire.

We brought our thermarest pads and sleeping bags out on the rock to enjoy the sunset. We may just sleep here under the stars. The skies our finally clearing. I hope the pictures show just a touch of what we are experiencing. Unexplainable!?