Today is the two-week anniversary of our little trio hiking together, which is strange for me. I was never the sort to be looking for trail companions. I've had fun hiking with people in several sections (Trout and Pancake especially), but I've always had my own pace and spent most of the trail walking solo. It's a happy coincidence that I've stumbled into a small group with a similar pace, and it's been good for me.
It's especially nice on cold days when it seems worth it to make a camp fire. This was just such a day. Another young Flip Flopper (Torch) was with us as we all sat around a warm fire having dinner. I still had some candles left from Flatlander's 100th celebration, so we drilled holes into Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Minis and had a little anniversary celebration.
Tomorrow we have around 8.5 miles to Damascus, which is basically the end of Virginia. The others have mail to collect and we all need a little gear before we start into Tennessee/North Carolina. It'll be nice to hostel for a night and wake up warm for a change.
But that's tomorrow night. Tonight it'll be another night buried deep in my mummy-style sleeping bag with all my clothes on.
Start: Thomas Knob Shelter
End: Saunders Shelter
Distance: 18.8 miles
ETA: Nov 30 - Dec 2*
* we've been moving quickly with no neroes lately. I think this is overly optimistic. Dec 3 or 4 seems more likely.
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