Franklin #1

Well, this morning Hikernutt was really cold and she didn't sleep much, so she decided to drop out at Deep gap. She called Ron Haven who runs several hotels in Franklin, and arranged to be picked up. I had a lot of momentum and wanted to keep going, but in the end decided that a below zero (that was the forecast) night in a fifteen degree bag was probably not the best idea alone, so I'm at the "Sapphire Inn" in franklin. It's not too expensive so I may stay for the weekend and do some slackpacking, and let Zero catch up.

At Cloud 9 yesterday, my hiker appettite hit. I went to an all you can eat Mongolian grill and put away two heaping plates of egg noodles, rice, veggies, and meat. About an hour later I had a snack: a bag of fritos and an entire thing of cheese dip. An hour after that it was dinner -- a hamburger, salad, more veggies. I was still hungry when I went to bed. I'm going to eat at an all you can eat steak house this afternoon :-D

Thanks for all of the comments and donations everybody. It really helps to know that there are so many people rooting for me. This is defenitely the most difficult thing I have ever done (or tried to do), and the help is greatly appreciated. The donations go a long way too. Thank you all so much!

Happy Trails,

Mr Happy