The night before we had been given information about the next section as there were some quirky parts. There was a river crossing that you had to time correctly and a variety of places you can stay with the trail hosts. James had a handmade map that was about 7 feet tall and you could tell this wasn’t the first time he had explained the situation to hikers.
I got up and was walking the trail at 7am. …
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