6/15/12 – 868 miles
I called a shuttle about 9:00 this morning and was picked up by a real nice lady and taken to the boundary of Shenandoah National Park. I’m the first to leave town. Comma-Kaze and Blue Sky were still doing errands – going to the post office and library – and would hike out later.
I forced myself to hike slowly at first, but eventually I got onto my natural rhythms of walking and made good time to the first shelter. I ate lunch with Kentucky, Yeti, and Pesky, all of whom were planning on staying at the shelter. It was only 2:00 pm when I finished eating, way to early.to call it a day, so I pushed on for a few more miles.
Not long after I left the shelter, I met with Funnybone and Lucky10 and hiked with them for the rest of the day. We are now camped near Turk Gap for the night. They told me they already saw a bear that didn’t seem the least bit scared of them. There are a lot of bears in the Shenandoahs, I hope we don’t see one in our camp tonight.
Lions and tigers, oh my.