2014/4/23 Mile 362
Made the frozen breakfast this morning and was sorely disappointed with the taste and texture but at least it was filling. Some sort of mock eggs, bacon, and hash browns combo.
Got on the trail by 0800. Took my time getting ready and took care of some miscellaneous tasks like back flushing my filter and washing out my cookset.
Morning was all uphill but went well. All my town calories were paying off. Started seeing folks during the second half of the day and talking to them found out they were all headed to the same place. Figured I would camp with them.
Hit trail magic at the final road crossing of the day. Rob Bird was running it. He used to run a free hiker hostel in Massachusetts before he moved down to Tennessee for retirement. Now he's a trail angel.
Hanging out he mentioned taking two folks out for dinner and nobody picked up on it so I elbowed Hot Sauce and said we would go. Turned out to be a great choice.
Went to Rob's house and got showered before heading to Hooters for all you can eat wings. Came back and looked through years of photo albums of his hikers from the hostel. He let us soak our feet as well, which was amazing as a hiker.
We noticed a lot of his photos had Mohawks in them and he told us it was something he had been doing so Hot Sauce and I figured "when in Rome..." and took the dive. Also got some awesome Bird Cage t-shirts (the name of this hostel).
Stuffed and motivated by all the photos we went to bed late after Rob played a few songs on the guitar. Busy day but worth every moment.
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