Pretty uneventful day. slight crosswind from the west. Super hilly roads. High Shoal Falls near where I camped was a unique sight this far south. it was a small creek that tumbled about 20 feet into a shallow pool of water that was good for cooling off. There were a couple of families already there enjoy the creek in the middle of the day. I filtered a little bit of water from a small tributary of the creek and got going. I was careful to avoid running over the fresh white paint that a couple of people were working on for the brand new parking lot.
I wish I had gotten more water because I arrived at the official camping spot which was nice enough with big longleaf pines shading the area but it was on a ridge with no water sources nearby. It was still really early in the day and hot so I decided to continue on down the road and get to the next creek crossing for water. When I arrived, via a nice double track trail that cyclists were clearly using(sign at the beginning simply said no motorized vehicles), it was a nice enough spot and so far out of the way that I just camped there rather than double back. Had zero cell service there down in that hollow though.