Bear Bags, Burnt Crocs and Border Crossing. Week Two on the AT.

Day 9
After our day off in Helen it was a bit of a shock to the system to be hiking again. This day was the windiest and coldest yet. We ended up hiking further than we’d planned in order to get to a lower elevation out of the wind. It was once we got to camp that my day got interesting.
As evening drew in I started to try and hang my bear bag. My bear bag is just a dry sack in which I put all my food, ...

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