2014/5/6 Mile 606
Well I guess the trail maintainers had a sense of justice because today's hiking was much nicer in terms rocks and climbs, but worse in terms of views.
Started early, 630, and immediately saw a bear. Not 3 minutes out of camp I hear a loud noise above me in a tree and see a bear doing the fireman's pole exit from a tree before bolting off into the woods. Awesome.
Morning hiking was great. Ran along the side of a ridge looking down into a valley of small farms. By 1100 I was knocking out the ~1-2 mile road walk across a highway before climbing back up to the ridge for Helvey's Mill Shelter. Ate lunch there, my Thai Ramen recipe, and pushed on.
The heat of the day really started setting in and I was glad I grabbed all 3 liters of water that I did. The trail was completely dry and I didn't want a replay of yesterday's dehydration. Lots of small ups and downs but not as rocky.
At the Jenny Knob shelter sign I continued on after deciding 1530 was too early to stop hiking. Squeezed an almost liquid Snickers out of its wrapper to get me the last 5 miles to VA 606.
A half mile down the road was Trent's Grocery, which is really more of a gas station. Got a double cheeseburger, some lunches, and my maildrop. Some other hikers were tenting there so I decided to stay. Turns out Forrester Bump was there so I got to hang out with him again. Good times.
After a 30 mile day I'm definitely ready for the short hike to Woods Hole tomorrow.
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