Date: 2013-11-21
From: Tray Gap

To: Tesnatee Gap
Miles today: 19.6

DAY 165MILES ON AT FOR DAY- 19.6MILES TOTAL FOR DAY- 19.6Cleaned up the house, packed up, had some pumpkin coffee and we were out. I really need to learn to stop drinking so much coffee when it's available to me like that. I had way too much energy.While we were driving up to the trailhead through the mountain roads I stared up at the bare trees and leaf covered mountains. I got sad. Really sad. But I tried to think happy thoughts. I wanted to enjoy these last few days and put the sadness off till the end. The weather called for overcast. We had rain. Just a constant mist all day. The trail gods gave me rain in the beginning and apparently wanted me to end the same way. And it was cold now.It was a very easy section for the most part except for Rocky Mountain and Blue Mountain in the beginning or the day. Revolver, Maverick, Turtle, Furprittius, and I hiked together today. Most of the day was spent talking and reminiscing of the trail. It made the day fly which was nice since there isn't much to see when you're in a mist cloud all day. I did notice that a lot of the trees were foaming (if anyone knows why this happens write on my wall and tell me!) which was bizarre. I hadn't seen it before. They weren't happy about the rain either.We saw Cody Coyote whose a bit of a trail legend. Once he reaches springer he will have done over 8,500 miles. 2,100 will be enough for me! For now.We got to Tesnatee Gap around 4:30pm and the original plan was to camp near the car but with the rain we decided to go into Helen, GA. I truly just can't handle being that wet and cold anymore and no one wanted to tent in the rain. So into Helen we went.It was an adorable little town. The whole town was German themed. Even the Wendy's and BP gas station were! And everything was covered in Christmas lights. It was very charming. I was actually really glad we had the opportunity to check out all these little towns surrounding the trail. Without Mavericks car we would've never been able to do that at the end of our trip.We chose the Best Western. It was probably the best hotel I stayed in the whole trip! It was $45 for a room for 4 people, was HUGE, had Pantene shampoo and conditioner, AND free breakfast! Better deal than most hostels! And it had a super comfy bed We dropped our stuff and went to eat. We were in a little German town so of course we went to a German restaurant. The Hofbrauhaus Restaurant and Pub for Dunkels and Pretzels and Beer Cheese! It ended up being far more expensive for dinner there than we had thought so we had appetizers there and then hit up the Wendy's value menu. I would only be able to eat this shitty for a short while longer so it was time to capitalize.We hung out and watched shows and lounged. Bellies nice and full. Spits kept throwing pillows at me from the other bed so I retaliated... and then it turned into a full on pillow fight... And everyone joined in. It got so intense that the cops showed up at our door because they got a call saying it sounds like someone was getting raped. I kid you not. The cops really showed up at our hotel room 3 nights away from being done for a PILLOW FIGHT. I don't think I'm ever growing up if it hasn't happened yet.That made us calm down a bit. No more pillows flying through the air. We hit the hay.