Day: |
028 |
Date: |
Friday, 30 May 1986 |
Start: |
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Finish: |
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Daily
AT Miles: |
10.8 |
Daily Other Miles |
0 |
Total
AT Miles: |
524.9 |
Total All Miles |
540.5 |
Weather: |
Some fog, partly cloudy, very warm. |
Accommodation: |
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Nutrition: |
Breakfast: Muesli, health drink. Lunch:
Two ham & cheese rolls, ice-cream, chocolate milk. Dinner: ?? |
Aches: |
Both heels and some toes. |
Animals Seen: |
Cows, chipmunks. |
People Seen: |
Four overnight hikers, many others. |
Pictures: |
Here |
GPS Track: |
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Journal: |
Got up at 6:30am to find my food bag intact
and packed up again taking time to tend my ugly feet. Decided to
hike to the motel near Atkins and stop there for tonight and maybe
tomorrow night as well. I got going at about 8:15am on a pleasant
warm day. The Trail was good – gentle grades, easy walking and lots
of flowers in the forest. For the first hour my foot hurt quite a
lot but, after my first rest, it improved quite a lot and I almost
thought about leaving the motel stop out. However, because I would
have to push it to get Troutville by next Saturday midday (to get
mail) it seemed wiser to have the day off now. The Trail descended
from Glade Mt and I had a break at the nice Glade Mt Shelter where a
few weekend hikers were stopped for lunch. From there it was four
miles down to the motel next to the freeway. The last couple of
miles were down a pleasant country road past lots of pretty little
houses. I checked into the motel at about 1pm and spent the
afternoon eating, doing some washing, and some shopping at a nearby
Texaco mini-mart, as well as watching TV. There was a restaurant
attached to the motel where I had a good cheap meal. After dinner,
I watched TV and wrote a letter to Barb before going to bed at about
midnight. |
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