Day 97-99: Two thirds of the road to Springer Mountain!

We had the giant shelter for ourselves all night. Less a squirrel and maybe some mice. The land was quite rolling most of the day. We enter and leave Blue Ridge Parkway several times. Nick and I walk separately most of the day.

I accidentally left the path at one point and walked along the way through three miles. I lost my delivery point while I was looking at the beautiful views. Blue Ridge Parkway is classified much higher than Shenondoah and Skyline Drive in my book. There are much less on the path of traffic, and the mountains are much more resistant with larger peaks and less developed lands.

We had heard that there should be some magic of trails on Harvey’s knob, but we were not so lucky. Instead, we stopped here and presented all our wet things that were saturated with the storm yesterday. This included the socks and shoes we wear all day.

We broke the peanut butter, honey and tortillas and take a little lunch late.

Our night camp was near a stream and only 7.5 miles from the city of Daleville. I booked a couple of bunk to take an afternoon and the night out of the path. We will be close to a supplier and a grocery store, so that we can replace some items and supply food in a larger grocery store. And, of course, eat a couple of really big meals, the real reason we are going to the city.

The walk to our shelter in Daleville was a bit mountainous, but we could knock him quite fast. Once we reach the portion of walking on the short road of this section, we found a sign that we affirm that we were 2/3 from the road to Springer Mountain. We are so deeply in the rhythm of hiking that I cannot imagine life outside this at this time. I know that the depth of my blogs has lacked because of this, but I am so swept and immersed in life on the path at this time. I am trying to savor this experience while I am here.

We arrived at the Beechhill shelter around 11 in the morning and met Yeeha. He is the husband of the main caregiver, Beth. We obtained the land of the Earth and completed some tasks, and we had the best shower so far. It was an outdoor configuration with water pressure intensity as I have never experienced.

We got used to a nap when Beth came home and offered to take us to the city. We arrive at Outfitter, Kroger and a BBQ restaurant. We have been soaking all our meals since we enter New York and we have not had any of those liophilized dinners for backpackers, so we waste and each one bought three. Simple ramen and spam every night they needed a change. I chose spring paste, Pad Thai and Chickn and Dumplings.

I also bought a cork ball to use as tired feet massager at the end of the day. I have two new pairs of sock coverings to replace my current pair, which are disintegrating. One is Merino Wool, hopefully to have two separate pairs, and a wool will help my stinking problem. I also bought some energy gels from the Gu. A waste, but I love you.

We obtained huge 3 Lil pig barbecue dishes. Then we completed our trip to Kroger for the rest of the replenishment. This would have to last until Pearisburg, four days of hiking.

We return to the shelter after 4 pm and rest a little more. We collected some hot pockets and ice cream pints for dinner and enjoyed it in the company of a sweet hiking of Australian pastor called Domino.

The next morning, I didn’t get out of bed until almost 7:30! The breakfast was at 8, and then we left. We share this meal with a fellow hiker named Serendipity. He started in Georgia at the end of May, and she and Domino will arrive at the AP before taking a break and ending next year. We had some wonderful and deep conversations about the breakfast table. I obtained your information so that we can keep in touch.

We left and we were going to complete 2/3 of the triple crown of Virginia.

It was a beautiful day to walk, and the land was friendly. Just before the ascent to Tinker Cliffs, I had one of the ESPRESSO COFFEE GU GUs and turned on an incredibly optimistic playback list and left Nick in the dust.

After Tinker was McAfee Knob, the most photographed place in the AT. There were only two other people there when we arrived, and we sat down for a while enjoying our eyes.

We arrived at our camp just before 6 and we found a gentleman named Ness, whom we met in the priest shelter a few days before. He is a walking section through his car and is jumping a lot.

Tomorrow is the rest of the triple crown, and we should be less than 700 miles at the end of the day. With luck, we can also stop at a local grocery store for a noon pizza!

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