Day 52: We are hikers and love water and sleep

• Mills Gap Overlook (750.5) to the Bryant Ridge shelter (762.6)
• 3333 feet rise, 2234 feet of descent

Much of a hiking day is driven where to find water. The other part is driven where you are going to sleep. Of course, the path has something to do with that, but not so much as if it seems.

We like water. We drink from 3 to 5 liters each in the course of a day. Camp tasks represent another 3 or 4 liters. We also like to sleep in shelters, since it is easier to maneuver with old bones and joints.

A brilliant beginning

This morning was a continuation of yesterday’s magical gifts. The sky was clear, breakfast was a real food in a restaurant, and we had the promise of a trip back to the path.

The hostel manager had told us to check it after the transport service of the 9 AM hotel and he discovered something. Luckily, no host of the hotel wanted the transport service of the 9 am, so the transport driver was assigned, along with his bus.

She didn’t know where we needed to be, but we assured her that we could help her find him. Our 6 -mile trip through the Blue Ridge Parkway was a delight. She hadn’t been on the road and was delighted to see how beautiful she was.

She shared about her bold decision to leave the city with two young children and Hiw built a good rural life. We shared on the path of the Apalaches and was fascinated.

After disassembling, we show the white fire and said to the north and said, walk there and end in Maine. We turned south and said: Go on that path and end in Georgia.

We all stay there, the eyes shone with tears and take completely at the time. None of us moved away the same.

Walking in the air

With that for inspiration, and a soft path under our feet, we cover 2.1 miles in the first hour.

The path became more difficult but it was still quite easy. We fly most of the day.

Then it is up

The path began to compensate for its easy nature. The last four miles to the shelter included 1200 feet ascent.

However, we have a good time to the shelter. When we made our last stop to collect water to take the shelter, the crowd of the day that went to the shelter began to pass.

We always worry about reaching a two -story shelter in time to find space on the lower floor. Us can Catch to the upper bunk beds, but surely it is not our preference. We also care about falling on other hikers for our trips to go to the midnight bath.

I looked at the historian, who is faster in short distances than me and said: «I will bring the water.»

It came out at a terrifying pace. I finished gathering 5 liters of water and put the 11 pounds in my backpack. Allowing it carefully on my back, I took the last half mile to the shelter asking me what the result of the dream would be.

A complete shelter

While the strong rise to the refuge area grew, I could see the knee historian in the corner establishing space to sleep. With a sigh of relief, I downloaded my package loaded with water and fish for my sleeping kit. I am not sure whether the space to sleep or lose 11 pounds of water was the greatest relief.

Bryant Ridge is a unique refuge. It is usually a large two -story square. What makes it unique is that a quarter of the square is a huge porch.

There are two L -shaped wings that have two -story sleeping platforms and porch space to socialize and even a hammock or three.

Farout does not indicate that there is water in the shelter, so most of us had transported water the last half mile. Actually, the current is right next to the shelter. Maybe he is close enough to potentially affect his potability. I guess I’m happy to have taken 11 pounds of water.

It was a good day

We had a lot of water and a sleeping space from the lower floor.

We enjoy our arc ties dinner with individual peas and pods of dehydrated peas from our garden. The food became more tasty of the company of other hikers.

Fully hydrated and with complete bellies, we retire to the back corner of the shelter for our sleep points. And we slept. We are hikers and we love to sleep.

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