Penny met a hiker she has been following on Youtube. New Shoes, harmed for his habit of burning through more shoes than anyone has seen on the trail, chronicles his story via a Youtube Vlog.
We circle the bonfire a couple times then head to our much quieter corner of the park for the night. Sleep is slow coming, as the drums can be heard until midnight.
The next morning we pack up. The shuttle driver we secured to drive us the 2.5 hours to Hiawassee has backed out at the last minute!! Frantic, I scroll through my emails to find another. Kate. I text her, explaining the situation. Very last minute, but this getting desperate! There are shuttle drivers aplenty, but they are always booked in advance. Finally Kate gets back to me with a hefty price. I jump on it!
We spend the morning checking out the vendors. Penny loves looking at the wares and chatting up the owners. We make some minor purchases and put our names in for many of the raffles offering free, normally expensive gear.
We cover miles of ground walking from one side of the town to the other, returning to the camp to heat up one of our freeze dried meals to
save money for our shuttle. We caught some cute Iittle pouches at the Gregory Pack giveaway. Headed over to main Street for the hiker parade. This is a tradition where hikers raid the local thrift store for the silliest clothes they can find. After they wear them for the weekend, the clothes are returned to the store to be resold to next years hikers. There are a lot of men in dresses, frilly blouses, and big
hats. The town residents started the tradition of soaking the stinky hikers with hoses and water guns in order to rid them of the stench of 400 miles of trail.
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