Wet and miserable
Rain, rain, go away, come again another day. You guessed it, mother nature was once again crying today. She seems to be crying a lot lately, and it does not look likew it will be stopping anytime soon.
I packed up quickly this morning, knowing I had a long day ahead of me. I had cinamon toast crunch for breakfast, and was on trail by 7:55AM.
Just before Allebn Gap, there was a sign with directions for trail magic. I was wet and miserable, so I gladly followed the directions.
The directions lead me to the house of Fal(free at last) and Hercules, and couple that thru hiked in 1999. At their house, I was able to dry my clothes. I was then terated to coffee, Belgium Waffles, corn bread, corn muffins, beef stew, and a banana split ice cream. ALl of the food was delicious.
We then had a fascinating conversatin about absolute truth VS. personal truth. It was based around whether what happens afte death is an absolute truth, or a personal truth.
Towards the end of that conversation, we talked about Christianity related books. They were kind enough to loan me "Mere Christianity", by C.S. Lewis. I mostly disagree with the Christian religion(respectfully), but I thought it would be interesting to read the opposing perspective on things.
I would like to thank Fal and Hercules foe everything they did for me while I was with them.
I was back on trail by 10:35AM, with about 17 miles to go.
I spent the rest of the day hiking with Ken Anderson, from Roanoke, Virginia. We talked about many different things over the course of the day. He is a very inteligent man, and I enjoyed hiking with him.
There was a section of trail today called the "exposed ridge trail". It was a fair amount of hiking on exposed rock on a ridge. It reminded me of hiking in Maine and New Hampshire.
Today I also went over Big Butt, which according to my guidebook makrs the 300 mile mark on my northbound journey. I celebrated by writing 300 in rocks on the trail and taking a pictuer of it.
I pulled into the shelter at 6:45PM to find a full shelter, mainly because of a Boy Scouts Troop, so I am tenting tonight.
When I was making my attempt to hang a bear bag, my stuff sack got attached to a small knob, and I was unable to get it off. I luckily recovered the rope, I only lost my tent stuff sack and my pack towel in it.
That caps a very long day, I am looking forward to sleeping tonight, and starting a new day tomorrow.
I have not decided where I will go tomorrow, I shall decide tomorrow morning.
Until then, good night, and good luck.
Kirby
Ga>ME 2008.
