“We saw lots of spider’s eyes reflecting light from our headlamps. Spooky! “

“We forded many streams today and Lisa didn’t fall yay!!”

“We made an altar for the bear poop and had a wonderful ceremony in the daytime without a light yes I need to get closer so it catches years of consciousness.”

“And we’ve had the bear canister ceremony, so the bear gods should be happy. And now we’re by our toasty fire.”

“We hiked 6.2 miles at .9 miles an hour! 6 miles of 3200 ft up. OK, this was the hardest day ever, even harder than Day 12.” 

“..it was kind of an uneventful day. Except for the huge buzzing sound in the deadwood, which is actually pretty scary, yes it is. We wanted to stay out of the bee’s business.”

Day 11 (April 23, 2022, Saturday) Fabulous Fontana Lodge restful and yummy food at Wildwood grill. Breakfast was at the Fontana Lodge.. "Oh my gosh, and their biscuits & gravy..."  Did laundry and resupplied at the Fontana hiker closet and store, then filled out...

Day 10 (April 22, 2022, Friday) Arrived at Fontana Lodge. Not much to say, Lisa was tired.                       . 11.46 miles

“Chipmunks and geese and geese and humans and humans we included humans but because they’ve been such a rare species today at least over a dozen humans were spotted. I love it come back in the human territory”.

“We did not talk to the rangers or ask for food (even though we could starve out here) because we lost our official papers..”