March 28, 2016 - Day 10

North Carolina!!!  Our intrepid hikers passed their first state line and ended up for the night 4 miles into North Carolina.  There isn't much to announce the special place, only a rough board tacked to a tree.  For a North Bound (NOBO) AT hiker, this humble sign is better than the neon lights of any city...or Broadway!


The North Carolina/Georgia State Line on the AT

Ken didn't have a good cell signal, so could only text.  Speaking of cell service, just like there are dog people and cat people, on the trail there are Verizon people and AT&T people.  What is nice about our beloved hikers is that they have a mixture of Verizon and AT&T.  So when one doesn't have a good signal, the other usually does.  Unfortunately, today was a Verizon kind of day and Ken has AT&T.

He was able to communicate that it was a very hard day.  There were 'huge' mountains one after another.

Not far into North Carolina is a narly oak tree.  This is the most photographed tree on the AT.  I have seen many other blogs, VLogs, and online articles.  Most include a picture similar to this:


The Narly Oak of NC

They stopped along the trail and made camp for the night.  I'll bet their sleeping bags felt good after a long day.

Mile 82
Elevation 4,500'