Got up and did the usual for the morning. Got back to the trail to hike Kelly’s Knob for the third time! First time South, second time North, and now third time South again! Snailing Along:

Snailing Along

We made it up Kelly Knob without taking a break. Everyone is improving!

We hiked on will we got to Deep Gap Shelter again. Gig and Off decided to stay in the shelter (with the mice) for the night. We swept out the shelter, cooked and ate spaghetti, and  set up for the night. We decided to get up very early to get back to Dick’s Creek. We realized we needed to get a new cartridge for the water filter and they might have one in Hiawassee, GA. The Top of Georgia Hostel has daily shuttles to Hiawassee. I knew I could catch one of the shuttles at Dick’s Creek.

I got up at 03:00 and started waking everyone up. When I went to get Gig and Off out of the shelter, I saw that a mouse had decided to get between them for the night. That mouse jumped 3 feet into the air and ran for his life when I tried to calmly wake Gig. Lots of mice in those shelters . . .

Deep Gap Shelter