Dicks Creek Gap to Muskrat Creek
Shelter
11.8 miles, 81.4 miles total
Today was quite busy. It began with
Chris, Paul, and I going to Huddle House and getting a HUGE
breakfast. Delicious. Then I went to Subway to get my dinner for
tonight. Once again, it was delicious. Then we caught the shuttle
back to the trail to begin hiking.
Today's hike was ALL uphill. We
gradually rose 2000 ft over 10 miles or so. It was kind of
exhausting. I stopped at Plumorchard Gap Shelter for lunch and it was
really nice. The shelter had three stories and had windows! That's
kind of a big deal for AT shelters.
More importantly, at about 9 miles into
the hike, I LEFT GEORGIA! AND ENTERED NORTH CAROLINA! Home sweet
home! One state down, only 13 to go!
Tonight we're all tenting because the
shelter is full. But there are only 4 of us tonight. Rider, Chris,
Alana, and me are here while Paul and Sarah took a full zero in
Hiawassee and Raindancer camped a few miles back. Harry and Leo are
somewhere ahead of us now.
And more good news! My feet are feeling
great (my blisters are disappearing) and my legs and knees feel nice
and strong! On the other hand, I bought a tad too much food so my
pack is quite heavy. But I feel good and I'm just living the dream!
Hey Adam, Just read all of your blog. Looks like you are on a pretty sweet journey. Keep posting, it is great to read about and good luck.
ReplyDeleteRandall Huss
Chris here.
ReplyDeleteBreakfast was huge. The John Candy memorial... eggs, bacon, sausage, pancakes, hash-browns and some coffee to wash it down. Grab a a Subway for lunch/ dinner. An it was all downhill from there... NOT... actually it was an ALL uphill day (or so it seemed). The first few miles I was questioning my wisdom in committing to 12 miles. I can't say I hiked WITH Adam as he is a RABBIT and I a TORTOISE... we met here and there on the trail and enjoyed spending the night together. I was pretty happy with myself for having done 12 miles on my first day.
Adam doesn't mention the fun time he had hanging the bear bag and climbing the tree to get the rope back.. nor the fact that there was a rattlesnake over by the shelter last night. I saw the picture... he's obviously been dining on the shelter mice... nice and fat. Would've made a good dinner himself had we been looking for fresh protein.