Walasi-Yi (Neel's Gap) to Hiawassee (Dick's Creek Gap)

We felt pretty refreshed after Walasi-Yi, and a little more confident in our backpacking skills (well, we hadn't frozen in our sleep or blown up our stove or anything), and the weather continued to be pleasant. I'll let the pictures tell the story of what we saw on the way (if we are ever able to upload them). Our next "town" stop was

the Cloud 9 Trout Farm and Hiker Hostel. I really can't begin to describe this place, but it definitely had a lot of AT culture at it - by which I mean some people who live for the trail (and some on the trail) year round. They had a hot tub, which was very exciting, and a trout farm, where you could catch, clean and cook your own dinner, if you were so inclined, which we were not. Instead we ate an entire 1 pound bag of broccoli with our pesto pasta dinner, and stuffed ourselves on a salad that the Magi (three young hikers from the western pennsylvania area) mixed up. I'm trying not to make posts that are all about food, but it is rather difficult, since we are hungry all the time. I thought it would take longer to cultivate this kind of appetite, but it really only takes a week or two.