The Airbnb host offered me a ride to my starting point if I was ready to go by 5:45 am. Not knowing how I would perform today I decided to take her up on her offer. It was really about 6:20 when she actually dropped me off and it was raining hard. I was soaked before getting out of town. I did see a deer early in a field by the trail. The forest is much different than Georgia. There is little vegetation on the forest floor. There were a lot of slick areas this morning. I only fell once in an area where the trail was more of small stream. There were no views on Moose Mtn but by 1:30 the rain had stopped and the sun was start to peek through the clouds. The last climb took me to a view point called “the ledges” and it was a great way to end the day. I arrived to the shelter around 3:30, much earlier than I wanted but I stuck to the Plan and didn’t try to do more miles. I want to continue to slowly built my daily miles. I met several northbound Thru hikes including Handyman, Mose, Dipples and Bluegrass and 3 southbounds. I hiked with Handyman for a couple of hours this morning before he pushed on to make a fire tower 24 miles away. I had lunch with Mose and Dipples. Mose was from east TN and was previously the assistant DA for Sullivan County, TN. I thought I going to be at the shelter by myself tonight but a southbound arrived around 6:30. Well I have some additional planning for tomorrow before “hiker midnight” so I will end the post here.
Rainy streets of Hanover
View from “ The Ledges”
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