Huge amazing breakfast this morning. Shrimp & grits, monkey bread, french toast with toasted pecans and maple syrup, strawberry cake, stuffed strawberries with pineapple, corn casserole, poached pears, keilbasa sausage, potatoes with green beans, biscuits & gravy, egg omlet casserole, coffee and juice. Ate with ET (energizer turtle) and spider who are starting their section hike. Saw Bearfoot, who is still having trouble with his knee and is going to wait for M80/Trooper/Willow to arrive today.
But, time to walk. We took the short blue blaze trail to Jones Falls - absolutely spectacular! Took off shoes and socks and soaked my aching feet in the cold water.
Walked a bit with Human (who is wearing Bunny glasses) and saw a baby rattlesnake. I also saw a black snake a few miles later.
Fairly easy terrain but my feet hurt badly. I can't wait to get new shoes in Damascus.
The trail followed the Elk River for a while, then back up the mountain. Got water from a waterfall - pretty neat. I like this section of the trail a lot.
We decided to stay at the hostel because it is supposed to storm hard tonight. We had called to reserve two bunks but they were full by the time we showed up. So we got the "private" room on top of the house. Saw a girl go up to the house and then turn away super sad, so we asked if she wanted to sleep on the foldout bed in our room. She was very excited to do so and gave us some awesome chocolate (dark chocolate + sea salt + caramel) as well as paying her share. Her name is Shutterbug.
We are going to try to get to Kincora tomorrow. This is the hostel run by Bob Peoples, who is a legendary figure on the trail. I like this hostel-to-hostel thing we have going on.
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