Today was a much needed day of rest. But it didn’t start that way. I woke up a little before 7 and packed up camp quietly since the other three TH’s I camped with were still in their tents. I was on the trail by a little after 8 with the idea in my head that I had a little more than 6 miles to get to the road and then a half mile to the hostel. That was right. The part I had wrong was that the 6 miles was mostly down hill 😁. I am pretty sure there is no continuous section of the AT with 6 miles downhill.
So rather than rolling into the hostel around 11, I got here about 12:15. That’s what a 1,000+ feet of unplanned elevation will do for you. A classic case of seeing what you want to see on the map.
I checked into the shelter, did a load of laundry and took a shower. It. Was. Amazing! I grabbed a coke and waited for the free shuttle to town.
The shuttle dropped us off and Ingles. I didn’t want to go to the grocery store on an empty stomach so walked over to Tilted Cafe and grabbed a couple beers, a salad (gotta eat your veggies in town!) and a Cuban sandwich. They. Were. Amazing!
Stomach full (shake after might have helped…) went to Ingles to get dinner, more beer and resupply for the next 3 days.
Then on was a short wait on the shuttle back to the hostel, some grocery field stripping and general bag repacking. Sub was eaten, beer was drank and basketball was watched (second half coming up after this post – go Cats!).
Tomorrow has some rain in the forecast, so rain gear going to get a test. No rain, no Maine!
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