Journey Day 189 | AT Day 12

My knees back to normal size after a day in the chilly Nanathala River, we climbed back onto the trail.

4/2/86
Group breakfast, gang scatters. Jack and I get rafting. Megaspills, cold water, but fun! Flip at Nantahala Falls tops off the trip. I emerge, worrisome knee swelling gone.
Eat lunch for warmth, put on my new pack frame as a crowd passes. Finally finished. Farewells to Helen Mary, the easy life. Up the hill 2 ½ miles, camp near water in a sag.