Saturday, September 22, 2012

Day 136 - Bearfence shelter to Pinefield shelter

September 21st 2012
Miles: 20
Total: 1296

Today was a lot warmer than we expected!  We got up at a very reasonable time and were out hiking by 7, but of course we realized that we needed to resupply at a "wayside" (rest stops in the park).  Unfortunately, the store didn't open till 9.  So, we took the opportunity to clean up a bit (hot water at the Lewis campground!).  We managed to wash our socks and undies, charge our accessories, and wash Shannon's hair (well she did that her self) all before the store opened.  Starbucks coffee and bacon egg muffins for second breakfast to boot!

The stop held us up a bit, but it really is such an amazing feeling to take care of errands like that in an effective manner when you are on the trail.  It is what makes town visits so damn exciting!

We headed on from there for about 10 miles before we stopped for lunch at High Top mountain, where luckily we had cell signal.  We moved on to phase two of our efficient task completion, and within the hour we had a hot lunch of chili and Doritos, Shannon got Solomon to replace her boots (thanks Solomon!), Shannon tried to get Soles to replace her inserts (come on Soles, you can do better!), and we set up out next two mails drops with dad Lyon.  Not too shabby!

From that point on out was a pretty easy day with great weather and mild climbs (OH, better yet "mild climbs and climes"!), and we finally have a great water source at the shelter we are in tonight.  There may be a resident copper head, though, but they probably sleep at night...right?  Let's hope that is the case.

Ok, off to bed -we are going to wake up at 5 tomorrow, for real! We are actually going to do it.  No backing out and snoozing till 6.  26 miles to do, not an easy task for lolligaggers.



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