Best Wife and Pappy 12 left Uncle Jonny's Hostel (Jonny pictured below) in Erwin, TN at 7:45 this morning. 17.1 miles later we were tenting outside Cherry Gap Shelter at 6:15. Biggest mile day on our hike so far. If we make our plan for tomorrow we'll log a 17.6 mile day. I'll count that chicken once it hatches.
We are at 790 miles total since starting this adventure on march 20. Can't believe we've been on the trail 10 weeks. Seems like 5. We will enter Virginia in 9 or 10 days. How can that be? Wild.
Hiked through rain most of the day two days ago. Even erected the tent in the rain. First time we had to do that. We keep our sleeping bags, sleeping pads, and clothes bags in plastic trash bags in our backpacks. Sure is nice to have dry dry sleeping gear in the tent. Once inside the tent, let it rain. Makes no difference to me.
Check out the blow down across the trail in the 6th picture. The tree is fat enough and just high enough to make going over or under a challenge. But check out the crazy branch in picture 5. This branch grew out of the trunk and back into the trunk 18" higher making it a perfect "handle". "The Handle" is a perfect ADA grab bar. If the ADA inspector had been around he would have approved "The Handle" to meet ADA standards. Using "The Handle", I chose to flop over the tree and be on my way.
Somebody better put some clothes on that tree before it gets hauled in for indecent exposure.
Last picture was the most dense Spruce forest we've seen. So dense nothing grows on the ground except moss. It was very strange to. be able to walk through this forest where ever we wanted to.
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We are at 790 miles total since starting this adventure on march 20. Can't believe we've been on the trail 10 weeks. Seems like 5. We will enter Virginia in 9 or 10 days. How can that be? Wild.
Hiked through rain most of the day two days ago. Even erected the tent in the rain. First time we had to do that. We keep our sleeping bags, sleeping pads, and clothes bags in plastic trash bags in our backpacks. Sure is nice to have dry dry sleeping gear in the tent. Once inside the tent, let it rain. Makes no difference to me.
Check out the blow down across the trail in the 6th picture. The tree is fat enough and just high enough to make going over or under a challenge. But check out the crazy branch in picture 5. This branch grew out of the trunk and back into the trunk 18" higher making it a perfect "handle". "The Handle" is a perfect ADA grab bar. If the ADA inspector had been around he would have approved "The Handle" to meet ADA standards. Using "The Handle", I chose to flop over the tree and be on my way.
Somebody better put some clothes on that tree before it gets hauled in for indecent exposure.
Last picture was the most dense Spruce forest we've seen. So dense nothing grows on the ground except moss. It was very strange to. be able to walk through this forest where ever we wanted to.
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