We decided we deserved to sleep in and so I slept in until 9am and took a shower, showers are amazing! I forgot last night to wash my socks and shirt so everything really stinks.
We got out of the motel around 11am and walked down to the Huddle House, like a Waffle House. It was really good I had 3 scrambled eggs bacon, hash browns, biscuits and gravy and orange juice. By the time we got a ride to the trail it was 12:45.
Immediately we had to climb over 1000 feet in just over a mile. After 3.5 miles I came across the best trail magic yet, two couples had set up in the middle of nowhere and were doing a barbecue for hikers. They had hot dogs, baked beans, chips, snickers, soda and BEER! Three days of beer in a row on the trail. I doubt that will happen again.
Then I had to climb 1000 feet in a mile and a half and the beer and hot dog didn't feel so great. I ended up doing 10.4 miles this afternoon and in total have done 61.3 miles. I am now at least a day or two ahead of the main group that started on the same day I did.
I have decided that barring bad weather or something free I won't set my destination for the night until the afternoon so that I can hike my own hike and not end my day at 2pm.
The weather today was incredible compared with yesterday and should be in the low 60's tomorrow.
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