On the Trail again!

Going places that I've never been! Seein' things that I might never see again,  I can't wait to get on the trail again.  Thanks Willie, for such great lyrics.  I was singing that when we hiked the trail the first time.  Every time we'd get back on the trail after a day in town we'd sing our modified Willie Nelson song but this time it's so much more exciting.
Currently, we're sitting in a hotel room in TN settling in before we finish off our AT thru-hike.  You may remember that we couldn't hike the Smokey's last year because of Hurricane Sandy so we are finally getting back down here to do it.  Its doubly exciting because Friday was the one year anniversary of our starting the trail.  It's like we are celebrating and hiking all at the same time.
I'm really curious how hiking is going to feel after taking all this time off.  We've both done a really good job of staying healthy, but since we finished up in November, we have done absolutely NO hiking.   Tomorrow is 10 miles straight up!  I can't wait to get back to it!  I'm looking forward to the challenge.  Our very first day hiking one year ago we hiked 7 miles with a tiny little hill.  We had to stop halfway up the hill to catch our breath and stretch.  The 3/4s of the way up we had to stop to fix a blister. Finally at the top we took our packs off for yet another break.  Tomorrow is going to be a much bigger challenge but at least we know what we'll be getting into. 
We're also really thrilled about these 70 miles through the smokey's because we are bringing friends with us!  Rachel, Laurens and Jonable are all going to be finishing our thru-hike with us.    
Well friends, after 16 hours of driving I should be getting to sleep.
We are both so pumped to be back on the trail in the morning!