After a little family time and a day of rest, the day started with a two hour drive from Bristol back to the trail. On the way, Bruce realized that he had left his hiking poles in the parking lot on Fridqy when Seth picked him up. He was really bummed. Sad start to the day, this was going to be harder to walk without them and Chaz had bought them as a gift. Seth felt like a trail angel might have picked them up and told him to check the hiker log at the next shelter. Lucky, lucky. An ATC ridge runner had found the poles and left the number to the regional ATC office.
He called Seth and he drove to the office in hopes of getting them but they were closed on Sunday.
So he was hoping to make contact on Monday and get them back. He hiked from Hwy 311 to Daleville which was 21 miles. He met back up with Running Mink and the stayed at a Howard Johnson's for the night.
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