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Mile Marker: 30.1 (zero day) It took a rest day, steak and mac and cheese, and a full-on tramily meeting to land on my trail name. And “Life Alert” wasn’t just a joke — it was a team consensus.
We took a zero to let Dragon’s feet rest. We went into Dahlonega with Suches to an outfitter (they didn’t have what we needed), a jerky store, and WalMart.
At WalMart I got 2 yards of fleece to cover my sleeping pad with. It was $7 and, although not as light or compact, way cheaper than buying a sleeping bag liner. I also got more neosporin and some Benadryl. We got macaroni and steaks to make for dinner at the cabin.
When we got back all of our stuff was finally dry. We headed over to Mountain Crossings to get me some new shoes. There we ran into Darwin! I also got a synthetic jacket to replace my down one that had been wet and useless since day one. We picked up packages that my Mom had sent us with food and some clothes.
After that we headed back to the cabin and saw Whisperer! He came over later. He said he saw Ohm and ‘Racha up at the cabin Office. I knew there was sriracha in my food box that I wasn’t sure I wanted to pack so I brought it up to the office and gave it to ‘Racha. She was so excited. Her and Ohm came to our cabin later to take showers and hang out as did Rob. We decided we liked our little tramily (trail family) and we wanted to stick together. Someone called me Morty, and Dragon said, ‘that name just doesn’t fit!’ ‘Racha agreed.
Michelin chimed in, ‘I told you! You should be Life Alert!!’ Everyone laughed and agreed. And so, I was dubbed Life Alert by my Tramily. We took a family portrait with my makeshift binder clip phone tripod:
‘Racha, Ohm, E-Dog, and Whisperer all went to bed around dusk. Michelin, Dragon, and I stayed up and made our steak and Mac and cheese. And by we I mean, Michelin did all the work. He is a chef, after all. It was delicious.
A great meal for the night before a long day of hiking. Tomorrow we are up early to hike out to Whitley Gap! We meet our tramily in the morning up at Mountain Crossings and we head out.