Pulled into Gooch Gap shelter around 12:30--so much easier walking than 2002. Just took my time and got here without much effort. Starting to cloud up so I guess the rain is coming in. Good to be under a roof to sleep and cook if it does rain. Trail today was lots of up and down, just as I remembered, but this time I didn't have to contend with Maggie's increasingly painful knees.
Woods are open and sunny. Some green is pushing up from the forest floor. The hemlocks and pines add a bit more greenery but he overall color is gray and brown. Heard some gunfire and saw a chopper today but not like yesterday when I saw several Blackhawks and heard automatic weapons fire well into the night. Shelter is filling up--everybody wants to get in ahead of the rain.
Later: Everything's done now, dinner and sketching. A little light left and time to kill. Lots of people on the trail in this prime hiking season. I've met Wilderness Bob, Gypsy Eagle, Fig, Just Visiting, KG, Josh, Loose Goose, Elf and Cait so far. Lots of company for this solo hike.
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