5/3/12 – 321 miles
It is my one month anniversary today and to celebrate I hiked 21 miles. It was not easy. I am really tired and sore. We have been planning the days so that the resupply into Erwin, TN will come with a few easy miles in the morning. That gives us the best advantage for food, groceries, laundry, and finding a motel before the end of the day.
I think I mentioned the two Eagle Scouts I met before the Smokys. I came across one of them yesterday.
“Pocahontas, where is your friend Wrench?” I enquired.
“He broke his foot.”
“Oh no! How did it happen? ”
“He stepped wrong and rolled it on a stone. We had to carry him down the mountain. He is going to meet me up the trail in a month.”
And just that quick your hike is over. Those two kids were some of the nicest people I’ve met out here. Chicken Feathers and I have been hiking off and on with Pocahontas the last couple of days, but understandably, he seems sad.