November 10
Miles ~19
Total
We made some great time today. 12 miles in less than 4 hours. To be truthful we were rushing for our promised bowl of chili. The support crew for the runners told us they would leave us some chili and so we were rushing for that. Most of their crew bailed after the first day. 30 miles a day is very hard. The final 3 all ran past us during the day. In fact we got to be helpful-one of the men was having shoe problems and consequentially some foot problems. We gave him ibuprofen and let him borrow a croc until he got to the road crossing and his new shoes. We felt very accomplished. Happy to give back to the group that was feeding us.
Tonight, our penultimate night on the trail, we are staying at a hostel in Neels gap run by a man, Pirate, who's been doing this for 22 years. Today was so beautiful so there were tons of section hikers and because Neels Gap has a store/outfitters and hostel it was so crowded when we came through. We pushed it out to get here early enough so that we could relax. We arrived around 2:30 and it's been lovely to sit around. We're going to try and get out early tomorrow again because we have to do 24 miles tomorrow.
TWO MORE DAYS!
Miles ~19
Total
We made some great time today. 12 miles in less than 4 hours. To be truthful we were rushing for our promised bowl of chili. The support crew for the runners told us they would leave us some chili and so we were rushing for that. Most of their crew bailed after the first day. 30 miles a day is very hard. The final 3 all ran past us during the day. In fact we got to be helpful-one of the men was having shoe problems and consequentially some foot problems. We gave him ibuprofen and let him borrow a croc until he got to the road crossing and his new shoes. We felt very accomplished. Happy to give back to the group that was feeding us.
Tonight, our penultimate night on the trail, we are staying at a hostel in Neels gap run by a man, Pirate, who's been doing this for 22 years. Today was so beautiful so there were tons of section hikers and because Neels Gap has a store/outfitters and hostel it was so crowded when we came through. We pushed it out to get here early enough so that we could relax. We arrived around 2:30 and it's been lovely to sit around. We're going to try and get out early tomorrow again because we have to do 24 miles tomorrow.
TWO MORE DAYS!
Yay! Did they have the chili for you at the hostel? The crew was joking saying there may not be any left by the time y'all go there. I hope you finished the trail on time and you're enjoying your visit with your fellow thru hiking buddies!
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