Friday I hemmed and hawed about when to leave as I wanted to avoid traffic but also not have to get up so early. Ended up leaving around 4:20. Might have been overkill but I beat the traffic so I was glad. As I left town it actually was drizzling in the warm and sticky air but it stopped almost as soon as I crossed line creek. There wasn't really any chance of rain indicated so that was weird. I tried to pace myself for an all day endurance pace but of course I rode probably a bit harder than I should have. I blazed through and crossed the Chattahoochee early in the morning, and didn't take my first store stop till just after Wedowee. I decided to take a pretty direct route to maximize westward progress so as a result the roads were straight and fast pavement so made great time working my way to Flagg Mountain. The climb up was hot but not too steep. I got there around 4pm and walked to the top of the tower, which I had all to myself. The views and the breeze from the tower were great and I enjoyed a little moment of rest here. But soon the worst about a campsite began and I trudged back down. Enjoyed a rip roaring descent off the mountain and headed down a nearby gravel road and set up camp on the edge of a WMA in a dense forest. The whippoorwills came out early and there were lots of them.