Chase and I were ready to leave more or less at the same time. I thought I had done really well by waking up at 7am, which is what my watch said, but when I checked my phone it said 8:00 a.m. only much later in the day when we arrived at Deep Gap shelter did someone point out to us the daylight savings time had kicked in overnight. The weather was cool and Misty with a little bit of drizzle now and again but mostly we stayed dry. Chase and I hiked close by but not together, and he would stop and wait for me to catch up, but after lunch he forged on a head cuz he was clearly faster than me.. we ran into Chrissy and lightning who were back on trail. Eventually Chrissy and lightning split up, with Chrissy staying at a campground part way along and lightning joining us at steel Gap shelter. Dinner was a Knorr side mix with some extra noodles and some olive oil it was pretty good I had to force myself to finish it but it was a lot of food and I definitely needed the replenishment. Covered 15.5 miles today witg three 1,000 foot climbs.