march 5

March 5. We woke up to the sound of rain on the tent. Surprisingly enough, the tent is doing a good job of keeping the rain out, but the inside walls are covered with condensation. Not sure how were gonna go today, my back and knees hurt, and we havent even gotten up yet. Im gonna hike with knee support today, though ive lost one of my supports. I guess one is better than none. My knees werennt too bad during the hike, but it rained most of the day, especially towards the end. The day wasnt all bad though. When we reached woody gap, there was a guy with a table set up giving out free food and hot drinks to hikers. He had hiked the trail last year and wanted to make things easier for hikers during their first few days hiking. He went by the name of Fresh Grounds. There was a light drizzle and mist for most of the day, and the last 2 hours there was a downpour mixed with hail. When we got into camp i was cold and tired. After we set up the tent i used my towel to dry out the inside, as it was wet from the morning, and it was raining while we set it up. We hung our food a quarter mile away on a tree, then invited frances and carlie to come chill in our tent. DJ came up with the idea that we should all pass around a light and say something about ourselves. While we did that, carlie had each of us draw a penguin in a hot air balloon. She wants every person she meets to draw that for her. After carlie and frances left, me and DJ stayed up talking. We didnt want to go to sleep because it was cold and our sleeping bags were wet. We finally went to sleep, though we both just stayed up most of the night shivering.