The bugs visited us all night in the shelter. It was miserable. We were glad for morning and were on the trail at 6:30 a.m.
It was a long climb up to Floyd Mountain. We're also not used to hiking in the heat. The temps reached the high 80s. Although, now that I wrote that, we seem kind of wimpy.
At Parker's Gap Road, Sweet Tooth, wife of Molar Man, offered us sodas and snacks. We happily accepted. Thank you!
Up on Apple Orchard Mountain we saw our first FAA tower of the trip. In addition was the "guillotine"--a giant boulder wedged between two rock walls--which we got to walk under.
We stopped for lunch at Thunder Ridge Overlook. A final five mile push into our campsite at Marble Spring. Heard thunder rumbling in the distance, but got the tent set up before the rain started. The rain stopped long enough for us to fix dinner, but started again as we settled in for the night.
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