All that ‘I was ready’ talk of yesterday turned into: ‘I really don’t want to get off the trail’ today. It was an odd day. We got up and moving pretty early in the day, and covered ground. The climb of the day, a 2000’ trek, was through a large cut that someone had made in the woods, so we were out in the open in a huge swath of field and grass in the midst of a lot of trees. It was neat, we could see deer a long way off. After a while, I was starting to glare grumpily at Caleb’s bobbing back, so I realized it was time to pause for a snack. We ate and then continued on. There was a super cool shelter at the top of the climb, it was an old…something or other, and it was all stone. It looked like a really neat shelter to stay around, and if it wasn’t ridiculously early when we arrived, I would have campaigned to stay. We polish off the remainder of our 16 miles and roll into the shelter at 3:45. It was odd. I didn’t think we were making such good time, but I guess we were. After the climb, which we handled very well, it wasn’t that hard, so we just rolled on through things. It was nice. I had a touch of gear- review, and I loved everything. Again, I needed new shoes, but really loved the Vasques. Since it was the last full day, we realized that we needed to take pictures of all our gear, etc. So there are a lot of those, as well as pictures of C and I and our faces, because we had an impressive amount of scruff at this point.
The tarp and hammock. Sleeping, perfected.
Me, under the tarp by my hammock. Glorious.
The rock that we tossed for the bear bag.
C, reading the trail journal.
Water! Nalgenes (glorious!) and the Camelback.
Our cooking stuff. Super great!
C's shoes. They were pretty beat up.
My insole with the hole in it. That's a lot of walking.
C, prepping dinner. The water seemed to take longer to boil every night...
Me, and the Beard of Power.
C. His scruff is blond, except for the racing stripe on his chin.
Dinner! I look at it now, and think: Gross. But at the time: awesome!
The tarp and hammock. Sleeping, perfected.
Me, under the tarp by my hammock. Glorious.
The rock that we tossed for the bear bag.
C, reading the trail journal.
Water! Nalgenes (glorious!) and the Camelback.
Our cooking stuff. Super great!
C's shoes. They were pretty beat up.
My insole with the hole in it. That's a lot of walking.
C, prepping dinner. The water seemed to take longer to boil every night...
Me, and the Beard of Power.
C. His scruff is blond, except for the racing stripe on his chin.
Dinner! I look at it now, and think: Gross. But at the time: awesome!
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