YEA...our all time record...21 miles!!!

Here we are at Laurel Fork Lodge. So it is about 10 miles to Hampton, TN from here, where we are getting our next maildrop, however we decided to stop for the night...who can resist frozen Tombstone pepperoni pizza and Ben and Jerry's ice cream, and a hot shower...all within 0.3 miles of the trail??? Obviously not us. Yesterday, we reached our all time high of 21 miles! And tomorrow will be 5 weeks on the trail. Everything is going well, lots of sunny days, and fun evenings hanging out with other thru-hikers. The only sad part is the status of our feet. (Savali: 1 black toenail, 1 missing toenail, 2 beautiful blood blisters; Sparky: says partly cloudy skies with chance of blisters) Today, we had a Blister 101 session on some nice log we found. Got out the moleskin, tincture of benzoine, and band-aids. And well, we still have a lot of learning to do. Only one of my band-aids stuck, everything else somehow drifted around in my sock...Sparky had a bit more luck though. So this morning, as I was getting water, a cute little toad jumped into the water, and then 2 lovely geese swam by. So peaceful and serene. And this evening, right before we got into town, we saw the sunset, a beautiful array of orange, pink, ... Oh, and we saw a huge black snake curled around a tree and Sparky saw a leech (ewwww, my favorite animal ever!) All the balds have been incredible, with panoramic views stretching for miles and miles. Sparky thinks you all care what our average mileage is so here you go: 12.5 miles a day. He is happy now that I told all of you. On to to Hampton tomorrow, and we plan on being in Damascus on Friday. Happy Spring!