May 28: sometimes hiking, the trail looks the same for days on end and the days blend together. Today the trail threw us a bit of variety to make it stand out. In the morning, we passed Dragon's Tooth, a big stone monolith popular with area climbers.
Then, the trail went from rocky to ROCKY! As is, free climbing and bouldering to descend to the gap. I've been bouldering before, and it's really fun, but never with a backpack on while holding trekking poles! Still really fun. But challenging. And a tad scary. And slow.
Which is frustrating when the morning holds the promise of town food. Make that the afternoon. And by town food, I mean a gas station with a take out window. This is what I have become: excited beyond belief to eat gas station food!
And there we were- about 10 of us stretched across the sidewalk in front on the gas station convenience store with pur boots and socks drying in the sun, eating copious amounts of food and picking at our foot callouses. I ate 2 big pieces of pizza, a cheeseburger, 2 ice cream cookie sandwiches, 2 20 oz cokes, and a snickers bar. Did I tell you I'm losing weight like crazy?
After lunch, we hiked across a field and began a 2500 foot climb to the most photographed spot on the entire trail: McAfee's Knob!
Which is frustrating when the morning holds the promise of town food. Make that the afternoon. And by town food, I mean a gas station with a take out window. This is what I have become: excited beyond belief to eat gas station food!
And there we were- about 10 of us stretched across the sidewalk in front on the gas station convenience store with pur boots and socks drying in the sun, eating copious amounts of food and picking at our foot callouses. I ate 2 big pieces of pizza, a cheeseburger, 2 ice cream cookie sandwiches, 2 20 oz cokes, and a snickers bar. Did I tell you I'm losing weight like crazy?
After lunch, we hiked across a field and began a 2500 foot climb to the most photographed spot on the entire trail: McAfee's Knob!
I was so excited to be here! We hung out and took photos for a while (and ate a snack) before pushing on to Campbell Shelter for the night (and another meal, of course!)
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