making progress

Yesterday was the longest day so far at 15 miles. I hiked from about 9-9:30ish to 5:00; and enjoyed a nice large fire in camp. For dinner I had a creamy chicken rice dish... I don't really plan on having that again; it was a disappointment. Today was an easy 5.5 mile day to a road to get a ride into town. Puddle jumper and I are going to stay the night at the lodge here then head out early tomorrow. Tomorrow we enter into the Smoky mountains...