Day 6/7

Day 6/7: At Neels Gap, we took our first showers and headed to the outfitters next door where they had a fridge of frozen food. We chose pizza, which they heated up for us, and I bought a Snickers and an obligatory banana. About an hour after we ate, a church group showed up and announced that they’d be serving dinner, which we also ate. They fed all 12 of us staying there, and I was the only girl. They also gave me ice for my knees. Good thing is, when you say your knees hurt out here, about 10 people have some good advice for you, and the outfitters at Neels Gap had a whole wall of knee and ankle braces, from which I made my purchase at the beginning of day 7, a Mueller knee brace. We wore our rain gear as we left the hostel because of light rain, walked through the only building right on the AT, and within about 30 minutes up the mountain, no rain and clearing skies.