Today's Miles: 15.40
Trip Miles: 546.50
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| Rolling hills |
We got up and gathered our gear to hitch into Marion. Yvanna and Andi
were going to hike further to
Davis Path or Crawfish Trail, where we
hoped to meet them. I got a ride in from a local construction worker,
who took me directly to the laundromat. M&N hitched 2 rides to meet
me. They ended up hitching in with Dandelion.
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| He hates this |
We did our laundry, went
to RiteAid, and then got a burger at Wendy's. We were charging our
phones, so I stayed with the packs while the kids went to Food City for
re-supply.
We didn't start to hitch back until 1pm. Jim Sparks,
whose son is in NH hiking thru (he left GA in February) picked us up. He
told us about some trail magic he does at the Lindamood School, a
museum along the trail. He dropped us off at the partnership Shelter. We
cleaned up, and headed out after 2pm. Natalie headed out first, because
she felt slow so she wanted to get a head's start.
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| "Stop! I'm trying to hate this!!" |
By 2:30, the
sunny day darkened and the thunder started. I stopped to gear up, and
Mike kept going. For the next 1 and a half hours, we were in a downpour.
At about 3pm, I saw Noah floating by on his Ark; he said, "No riders."
The rain was really banging down.
As quickly as it started, it
stopped; only the thunder in the distance to remind you of what
happened. A few minutes later, I could hear the rain approaching again. I
wasn't in the mood to get wet. Fortunately, it stayed just off to my
right. I could watch it falling 20 feet away, but never got a drop on
me.
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| One quarter of the way! |
I caught up to the kids, and we hiked to the Lindamood School.
We partook of the Magic, played at the school for a while, then headed
out for The Bard, a restaurant on the AT. We got there about 7pm, saw in
the register that A&Y had been there at 2pm, sat down for supper
and didn't leave until after 8.
We decided to night hike to Davis Path.
With headlamps on, we roller-coasted for 2 hours. When we came to a sign
on the path indicating "546 miles"; the 1/4 mark. Unfortunately for us,
that meant we went past Davis Path. We hiked on in the dark, looking
for a campsite. About a half mile later, we found a two-tent site along
the trail and set up. Quick to bed after a long day.
TTFN
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| The Lindamood School |
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| Creeeepy |
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| Claaa-aaass! |
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| Bad student is bad |
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| Is.... this the lens? |
Very fun pics! Looking forward to the next installment!!!
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