AT 26 - 21st April (241.5)

My real bed for the night. 

Bears must be bad here!!!!

 Mostly down from 5000 to 1438, hard on knees. Got to Standing Bear Farm. I can only describe it as a Hippy style stopping point. I’m in a private modern wooden cabin. Nice concrete floor which keeps the heat down. Very hot day today. 

Rain expected tomorrow. Hiking in the rain, what could go wrong ?  You get wet, your spare clothes get wet, your food is eaten by bears, you go hypothermic and can’t warm up, you die. I think I want to test the rain gear and see what happens. It’s meant to clear 5pm and I’m heading to a shelter anyway. 

PS. I forgot to say that I left the Smokies Mountains today. Left my second half of permit in box that never seems to be emptied.