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Day: |
037 |
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Date: |
Sunday, 8 June 1986 |
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Start: |
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Finish: |
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Daily
AT Miles: |
12.9 |
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Daily Other Miles |
0.2 (to motel) |
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Total
AT Miles: |
698.8 |
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Total All Miles |
722.6 |
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Weather: |
Hot, humid, partly cloudy. |
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Accommodation: |
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Nutrition: |
Breakfast: Muesli, health drink.
Lunch:
Two hamburgers, fries, shake.
Dinner: Catfish, salad bar,
ice-cream. |
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Aches: |
Feet sore. |
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Animals Seen: |
Two tortoises, rabbit, squirrel, chipmunk. |
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People Seen: |
Two AT Thru-hikers, many others. |
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Pictures: |
Here |
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GPS Track: |
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Journal: |
Got up at 6:00am after a sleepless night
and was away by 7:20am after arranging to meet Stu at the road in
Cloverdale at 12:30pm so we could get a motel room to share. After
a rough descent the Trail crossed some farmland before climbing
through some rough very weedy unattractive countryside up to
Scorched Earth Gap. It was warm and muggy again and I was sweating
a lot. From there the Trail improved and became a pleasant
undulating walk through conifer and deciduous forest on a partly
rocky trail along the edge of an escarpment which gave good views
into the valley below. Further along there were views in the other
direction over a reservoir. At about 11:45am I began the steady
descent towards Cloverdale with my feet hurting a lot and looking
forward to their half day off. I met Stu at 12:45pm and we walked
down to the Country Pride Motel and truckstop by the freeway and
just had time to get some hamburgers, fries and shakes before the
NBA final began on TV (which also had cable). It was heaven sitting
there with our feet up, eating and watching the game which our team
(both of us supported the Boston Celtics) won to clinch the
Championship. The motel had a laundry so we did our washing and
some TV watching and diary writing before going to the great value
All-You-Can-Eat salad restaurant across the road where we ate
big. After that we shopped and returned to the motel. I called
the Binnings and gave them a shopping list and Marj before returning
to pack my groceries and write a late letter to Barb. I got to bed
at 1:30am, feeling still very full. |
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