We did a 9-mile day on Wed., and a 24-mile day on Thursday. Wednesday morning was another rainy morning on top of a previously rainy night and we weren't too motivated to leave the shelter early. I think we left around 10:30 or so and only traveled about an hour when we decided to take lunch by a stream and a patch of sunlight. It was by the stream the we discovered how much the moths love Dan - most of his things were covered in one-inch long white-bodied moths! I think they were drinking up salt or something (see photo). Within the hour it began to rain again so we pushed on.
We arrived at Chestnut Knob Shelter, an old fire warden's quarters. Cap't Bly was there, and we were later joined by Apostle (James) and Scortch (Amanda) - good to see her again. Cap't Bly is a captain for large tanker ships and shared a bunch of his stories with us - pretty cool guy.
On Thursday we woke early enough to catch the sunrise and were hiking by 7:15 - pretty good for us. We thought we would have an easy day of hiking, judging by the elevation profile maps, however, yet again, we didn't count on the boulder fields we had to cross. I did alright for the first 16 miles, but the last 8 were gradually more and more painful for me (feet and knees). We hiked through 3 boughts of rain during those 8 miles and finally arrived to camp with only one space left in the shelter. Stephan pitched the tent while I made dinner in the twilight. At least there was chocolate pudding for dessert!
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