{"id":251,"date":"2014-04-26T09:41:41","date_gmt":"2014-04-26T13:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hnatow.com\/wordpress-happytrails\/?p=251"},"modified":"2014-04-26T09:41:41","modified_gmt":"2014-04-26T13:41:41","slug":"day-10-winding-stair-gap-to-licklog-gap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hnatow.com\/happytrails\/?p=251","title":{"rendered":"Day 10 – Winding Stair Gap to Licklog Gap"},"content":{"rendered":"

We took a leisurely start to the day by waiting until the 11am Ron Haven shuttle back to the trail. This allowed us to stroll around Main Street in Franklin a little and get some iced coffees. Roughing it! <\/p>\n

We got off the shuttle with a bunch of other thru-hikers and headed out. Since we have a reservation on Tuesday in Fontana Dam we are taking it relatively easier by limiting ourselves to 15 miles or less. Most of the day the weather threatened rain and thunderstorms but we lucked out because it never did. The first bald (Silah) we skipped the side trail to the summit because of the threatening clouds…<\/p>\n

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Side trail to Silah bald summit<\/p><\/div>\n

The 2nd bald, Wayah, was very cool.\u00a0 There was a large stone fire tower where we hung out with a bunch of other thru-hikers and took in the awesome views.<\/p>\n

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We hiked a few more miles for a total of about 12.5 and then made camp in Licklog Gap (lol). We made a campfire with Slingshot, John from Sharon, PA, and a few other cool people. We chatted about serial killers. Good stuff to chat about in the woods! <\/p>\n

Vital stats :<\/strong>
\nMood – good
\nPhysical state – sore but good
\nSmell – it’s been much worse
\nSong stuck in my head – Story of my life by One D (shut up Dave)<\/p>\n

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