It really comes out of nowhere
After waking up this morning, I did a food inventory to see how much food I need to buy in Glasgow, VA to get me to Waynesboro, VA. It turned out I almost had enough food on hand to get me there. I only needed a jar of peanut butter and one dinner. I packed way too much food out of Roanoke.
I arrived at the outer banks of the James River and US route 501 at 7:45AM. Cookie and I hitched a ride into Glasgow with Hummer and Henry. Henry is slackpacking Hummer for about 150 miles on this section hike.
When we arrived in Glasgow, Henry and Hummer offered to treat Cookie and I to breakfast, which we gladly accepted. We ate at the only restaraunt(sp?) in Glasgow, which is Howard's. The food there was quite good.
H and H then offered to slackpack us 11 miles, which was quite nice. Cookie and I quickly resupplied, after which we were dropped off at US route 501 to start our slackpack.
I spent the entire day hiking with Hummer. We talked about the many random things that come up while you hike, which today included a conversation about how the bloated and pointless United Nations came to be.
The climb out of the James River Valley up to the ridge was not all that hard. There were plenty of switchbacks, and the ridge offered plenty of nice views.
Towards the end of the ridge the trail takes you up and over Bluff Mountain, which takes you by surprise because it really comes out of nowhere. On the summit there were the remnants of some sort of tower, and there was a view of the valley below.
We arrived at BRP mile 51.7 around 2:15PM, which is where we collected our packs and said out thanks and goodbyes to H and H. I do owe them a thanks for everything they did for me today, it helped out tremendously.
Tonight I am stealth camping along the Little Irsh Creek with Cookie. We found a nice campsite here, which is key to stealth camping.
Hardbound is ahead of us now. He decided he would go into Buena Vista tomorrow for resupply instead of Glasgow today. I'm not sure when I'll see him again, but I don't think it will be for a while/
Tomorrow I will aim for around 21 miles. It's now looking like I'll be in Waynesboro early Sunday instead of Monday. Shenendoah National Park is now on my mind.
And that's the way it was.
Kirby
Ga>ME 2008.
