Miles: 25
Total: 1985
Sights: Hemlock Hollow Hostel
We woke up nice and early this morning so we could have a short day tomorrow. However, we got way-layed 7 miles out by some great trail magic. A maintainer and old thru-hiker were doing some trail work and stopped in at the shelter to give out soda and snickers! We chatted with them and another section hiker for about an hour. However, even with that stop, we still did pretty well. Today was great walking. We made 15 miles by 2pm and when we got to the shelter we decided to call the hostel we were going to be walking past to see if the Cafe was open and if they would serve us dinner. Turns out the would! When we got to Indian Drive Road we turned up to walk the .07 to dinner. As we got to the end of the road a car pulled up and told us to get in. He was the owner and had driven down the street to find us. We were the ONLY people in the cafe and there was no one in the hostel. When we arrived the lady told us she actually had a plan for the evening and we had to eat fast so she had made us chicken salad sandwiches and tomato/basil soup. It was pretty great. The couple were originally from New Jersey but made it to Tennessee via Florida. We heard the whole process of how they moved to this place. While it was so fascinating, I'll spare you all the details.
After dinner, we booked it back down the street. Originally we had planned to just camp out next to the road but as we were feeling energized after our dinner so we walked on another mile before camping here.
We're super excited to be so close to Billy and his family. We are really looking forward to our few days off.
Total: 1985
Sights: Hemlock Hollow Hostel
We woke up nice and early this morning so we could have a short day tomorrow. However, we got way-layed 7 miles out by some great trail magic. A maintainer and old thru-hiker were doing some trail work and stopped in at the shelter to give out soda and snickers! We chatted with them and another section hiker for about an hour. However, even with that stop, we still did pretty well. Today was great walking. We made 15 miles by 2pm and when we got to the shelter we decided to call the hostel we were going to be walking past to see if the Cafe was open and if they would serve us dinner. Turns out the would! When we got to Indian Drive Road we turned up to walk the .07 to dinner. As we got to the end of the road a car pulled up and told us to get in. He was the owner and had driven down the street to find us. We were the ONLY people in the cafe and there was no one in the hostel. When we arrived the lady told us she actually had a plan for the evening and we had to eat fast so she had made us chicken salad sandwiches and tomato/basil soup. It was pretty great. The couple were originally from New Jersey but made it to Tennessee via Florida. We heard the whole process of how they moved to this place. While it was so fascinating, I'll spare you all the details.
After dinner, we booked it back down the street. Originally we had planned to just camp out next to the road but as we were feeling energized after our dinner so we walked on another mile before camping here.
We're super excited to be so close to Billy and his family. We are really looking forward to our few days off.
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| Unexpected trail magic from the section hiker Junebug and these two maintainers |
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