2014/5/2 Mile 511.4
Slept cold last night but at least the woods were quiet. Coldest morning in a while and took a bit to get going. Was out of camp before Lost and Found even got up.
Spent the day hiking through really rocky terrain which took more energy than it should have. Most of the hike was spent in the Grayson Highlands which had a lot of cool jutting rock formations, large grassy balds, and wild ponies. Took my time checking out views and watching the ponies chilling and doing their thing.
Heading down out of the park I passed two women who said there was trail magic at the road: jackpot. Found the tent and they had lots of goodies including denatured alcohol which was a welcome surprise. I had been cooking at every meal due to the lower temps and the bonus fuel meant I wouldn't need to worry about running out.
Last 4 miles of the day were over Hurricane Mountain to Hurricane Mountain Shelter. Looks big and bad on the map but the trail was graded really nicely so it was an easy climb.
Met Nepsis and Heycast (sp on both?) who were spending the night there. They said I missed beer and burritos at the trail magic. There were some folks further back in the woods that I thought were just car camping but apparently that was part of the magic.
Oh well, there's always next time.
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