Trip Miles: 479.20
We packed up and hitched a ride back to Damascus from Abingdon. We got a ride from a young South African named Stephen. He was heading to Backbone Rock to serve as the best man at his friends wedding. In the short ride to town he and M and N chatted about actors with mustaches. He said not many people look good with one; then looked at Mike in the rear view mirror and said, "But your's looks good." Thanks for the ride Stephen and for lying to Mike about the 'stache.
We stopped at the store for resupply and met an 89 year old woman who we spoke with for about 20 minutes. I'm sorry I don't remember her name, but she lives across from the Gazebo on the common in apartment 22. She invited us to stop by next year during Trail Days.
We went to the Blue Blaze Cafe for what we thought would be a quick bite, but turned into an hour and a half long wait for appetizers. After lunch we headed to Sundog Outfitters where we picked up a gas stove and canister, then finally hit the trail at 2:30.
There was a pretty good climb out of Damascus of course, then it evened out pretty nicely. We hit a detour because of a bridge washout, otherwise it was an unremarkable hike to a campsite by a dingy little pond at mile 479.2.
Don't know what's up for Monday, we'll see.
TTFN
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| Detour, bridge out |
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| Find the ghost on Natalie's pack! |
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| Setting up camp |
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| A little fire, perhaps? |
Trail notes: 10.7 miles...sucked. Mike and John carried my stuff...hoping today will be better. Felt awful and felt awful for Mike and John taking my stuff...feeling bad for holding them back. Ate meat for the first time in forever.
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