Monday, April 26, 2010

Big spring shelter

Day 3 - so packed my shit and pressed forward in the cold drizzle.

This is not how i pictured my mondays :)

Pressed 6.8 miles, Until big spring shelter, i could not wait to crawl into my sleeping bag and get warm.

When I got there, it was a sureal picture, hiker shit everywhere drying, it's raining and freezing cold. There are 3 parallel sleeping bags with the mummy parts buttoned up, just three hikers in their bags getting warm.

It wasn't long before there was a fourth bag.

When reshuffling I found my buddy Ryan from last night, and two older gentlemen from Wilmington, nc, where my dad lives. The two older dudes were well prepared and were headed south to dicks creek gap. The pitched tents to get warm.

Ryan and i strung up the tarps to cover from wind, which is strong and it will get low f tonight.

Ryan is making a good case for pressing 9 miles tomorrow and catch shuttle into Franklin, to dry up , hit a bar and a steakhouse.

It's not long before we are joined by the creepo from last night...



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