27 March – Woody Gap / Suches, GA to Lance Creek Campsite [3.4 miles]

Well, I’m pressing on.  Took my time getting my lazy fat stupid ass out of Woody Gap and didn’t start hiking until about noon … Still feeling the leg issues.  Not much progress.  Took another real short one and arrived at Lance Creek and decided to set up for the night.  It was a strange site that was crowded and had filled up with a lot of tents as rain was imminent again. . . many of us scrambled to set up and hunker down as night fell. I did have some great conversations with a Field Artillery Captain from the Texas National Guard.  We laughed our asses off trading stories of National Guard misadventures for a long time and could have gone on all night, and both of us wanted to, but suddenly found ourselves standing outside in the cold and dark alone laughing loudly while all the tents around us were trying to sleep.  This guy’s hiking partner is a Boy Scout Leader who has four boys who all achieved Eagle Scout.  What the?