Day 80

Woke up at 5:00am to start hiking today. Supposed to get up to 94 again today so we all tried to be hiking by 6:00am. It was really nice to get some miles under our feet before the sun came up. We're going to do the same thing tomorrow. 

Lots of State Park camping in this area. Which means fresh water from a spiqot, and real bathrooms! We had two of them in the first 7 miles. One of them was a monument for George Washington. 

I had never heard of this monument before, it had a pretty good view from the top

The trail was pretty shady today which was good, but the heat just drains all the energy out of you. We had around 21 miles to hike today but only 3000ft of up. 

The Walmart had more beef taco filling so I've been eating my Knors Marinara pasta meals. They taste incredible, and are really filling. 

We haven't seen this brand since Fontana Dam, 900 miles ago. 

We finished the night tenting at the Ensign Cowell Shelter at mile 1058.3. Tomorrow, it's supposed to rain, and to put us in a good location to try the half gallon challenge, we're hiking 25 miles to another shelter. Hoping it doesn't get too hot tonight, I'm sweating writing this blog post again in my tent. It didn't cool down till after 10:00pm last night. None of us used our sleeping bags, we just stuck to our pads in minimal clothing. 

Happy Trails 🌲 


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Day 0

Image
I'll be starting the Appalachian Trail on March 1st this year. Feel free to follow along, I'll be doing my best to post daily with pictures.  This time, I convinced Nick to hike it with me  I've hiked 800 miles of the trail previously so here's some of the highlights from 2023 
Read more

Day 1

Image
Day 1 got off to a less than ideal start. Big snorer in the shelter last night. Got started around 8:00 with a quick intro about leave no trace at the visitor center. Registered and got our hiker tags, we're numbers 526 and 528.  Started the 8.8 mile trek up the approach trail. Which leads from the Gateway Arch to Springer Mountain. Some people opt to drive up and bypass the approach trail which is a highly discussed point between thruhikers. I personally think you should hike it. What's the difference adding 9 miles to an already 2000+ mile trek. Amicalola Falls  View from top of falls  Picture of Jules and I from 2023 after we hiked the falls  Made Nick recreate it  Quite busy at the top of Springer. Got to witness a surprise proposal from a couple who hiked the trail previously  Hked the remaining 2.8 miles to Stover Creek Shelter where we hunkered...
Read more

Day 4

Image
Made quick time taking down camp this morning. Neither of us had much for breakfast left. I only had 7 granola bars, the butt end of a baguette, and a little pepperoni left. Ate half of that, and flew towards Blood Mountain. Which is the equivalent to one of the smaller Belknap Range Mountains. Packs were as light as could be with no food in them. Shelter at the top Unfortunately I'm now 0/2 for views on a blood Mountain as both times I've been up it's been incredibly foggy. By the time we made it to the bottom the sun came out and we both had no food in our package. I had one ramen and one instant potato left.  ***Resupply sponsored by Josh Howard*** Once we got to Neels Gap we immediately plugged our phones in to charge and started shopping. Food here is ridiculously expensive since there isn't anywhere else to go. $1 each for a granola bar, $5 for bacon bits. We're fueling up for 4 days of hi...
Read more