We got up to Springer that night and saw our first white blaze (trail marker). Then we set up camp at the shelter close by and sat around the fire anticipating our first day on trail again. The night brought sprinkles of rain but we woke up to the sun and caught one last glance from Springer before heading out. There were people everywhere on trail. Some section hiking and a bunch of through hikers. We made it a whopping 16 miles on our first day, which on the AT is pretty big. The terrain is much different than the PCT and the wet weather has made things incredibly muddy. The trail is also a lot steeper than anything on the PCT. We got to a shelter that night but my friends Neon and Micro(matt) kept moving to another campsite. The rain hit us hard that night but I stayed dry and warm under my tarp. I woke up to spouts of rain and got moving fast. I met up with my friends but they weren't packed up yet so I kept moving. When I got to Woody Gap, I met Rescue 1 who gave me an orange and a snickers. Then across the road was Tick Tock who was cooking up egg muffins and hot dogs with coffee and homemade goodies. We left them and got to Neels gap where there was a hiker hostel and gear store. We met Baltimore Jack there who gave us the low down on the area and invited us to a dinner that a church group was bringing for us. We got showered up and headed to the dining area where we had the most amazing lasagna and salad with tons of homemade goods. The people from the church were wonderful and offered to pray for us, I asked for no injurues! I'm nursing a couple blisters and we're expecting rain until Saturday but this trail has been amazing so far. And only 2 days in we're at mile 31.7!