day twelve (april 2)

well, i got behind and now i can't tell you much about the pictures..... do they speak for themselves? okay, not so much.  i do know the one of greg shows THEY MADE IT TO NORTH CAROLINA! WOOT!  that's a big accomplishment because the big boys' big adventure is a butt kicker.  from what i gather, it's a combination of climbing mountains with sleeping on the hard, rocky, unforgiving ground. greg lamented friday night how he went from flying business class and staying in five star hotels to primitive living...  not really how he went from there to here, but why?!!!  LOL!  so, for the sake of keeping it real, the goal has been revised.  from hiking the 2,178 miles to making it through another day :)  they came into hiawassee on saturday where they scored a hotel room.  they washed clothes for the second time, ate good food, and slept in a bed.  a gloriously wonderful bed! that's the picture where toby is opening their food box that was waiting at the post office.  i have talked to smurf a couple of times and he usually laughs a good portion of it because he realizes the craziness of the stories he shares (we always do when it is after the fact, amen?).  he called from atop a mountain one night when it was 40 degrees with 20 mile an hour winds and cried thanking me for a text picture of the kids at beef cake burgers (his normal go to spot with them).  note to self:  no kid pics from special places.

they now have nine days before they will see a town again.  please say a prayer if you're reading this because storms are coming and there ain't nothing to do but keep on putting one foot in front of the other.