Zero Day! Why just the expression itself makes one smile as it rolls off the tongue…   We won’t say we didn’t do any walking, ’cause we did, (even some uphill) but instead of counting on our AT total, these miles were all spent in doing town chores. Well, OK, maybe there were a few “want to’s” thrown in there  with the “have to’s,” like X’s McDonald’s coffee, right across the street. After a diet of pop tarts, a sausage McMuffin tasted truly decadent!

Two loads of laundry, a haircut for N. Why the morning just flew by. One thing that went much quicker than anticipated was the food re-supply. When we inventoried what was left of our original bare minimum five day supply to get us here to Franklin, we found there was plenty enough left over to cover the next two days (27 miles) into the NOC. Our shopping list for the local Ingles was only three items: some dried fruit, something with a salty taste (we settled on Chex Mix, original flavor), and a little more Gatorade. No big weight gain for Awe or Shock here, thank goodness!