Day 34 - Mar 26
Being dry has never felt better!
We woke up to our first sunrise in quite some time. Surprisingly, I think the temps were in the low 30's. Our socks and shoes didnt freeze but they were mighty cold. We took our time getting breakfast ready, just enjoying the mountain views and soaking up the morning sun.
Most of our day was spent enjoying the scenery and change of pace that virginia has. We now go up and over only a few mountains a day, instead of a few mountains every hour. Walker and I definerly agree that Virginia has treated us nicely so far. Everything that we have seen has been fantastic.
At 130 we stopped for lunch. The temp was probably 60 degrees at this point and just felt fantastic. We layed out any gear that was still wet and enjoyed the afternoon sun.
I'm not sure when exactly, but we really picked up the pace. We had a 2.5 mile climb up a mountain and we ended up doing it in 30 minutes. We rarely go that fast going downhill or on flat ground! Maybe our legs have finally come around to the idea of hiking to maine.
We ended up hiking 20 miles or so today. From a campsite slightly past an area of the highlands called "the scales" to a campsite a mile past VA route 670.
We plan on going 20 to 24 miles tomorrow, depending on how long it takes us to resupply in town. Once we resupply tomorrow, our goal is to hit Pearisburg VA in 4 days. There are 91 miles from the atkins resupply to Pearisburg. This would be our highest mileage section yet. We plan on buying an extra breakfast in case we need a morning on the fifth day, but we want to see what we are capable of.
Another thing to note, Walker and I have been joking whenever something bad happens, like tripping on a stick, or dropping a pop tart in the dirt that it's "time to quit, I'm going back to Springer." Well, today is the first day that it would actually be quicker to hike to Harper's Ferry than it would be to go back to Springer.
Goodnight,
Tyler M.
We woke up to our first sunrise in quite some time. Surprisingly, I think the temps were in the low 30's. Our socks and shoes didnt freeze but they were mighty cold. We took our time getting breakfast ready, just enjoying the mountain views and soaking up the morning sun.
Most of our day was spent enjoying the scenery and change of pace that virginia has. We now go up and over only a few mountains a day, instead of a few mountains every hour. Walker and I definerly agree that Virginia has treated us nicely so far. Everything that we have seen has been fantastic.
At 130 we stopped for lunch. The temp was probably 60 degrees at this point and just felt fantastic. We layed out any gear that was still wet and enjoyed the afternoon sun.
I'm not sure when exactly, but we really picked up the pace. We had a 2.5 mile climb up a mountain and we ended up doing it in 30 minutes. We rarely go that fast going downhill or on flat ground! Maybe our legs have finally come around to the idea of hiking to maine.
We ended up hiking 20 miles or so today. From a campsite slightly past an area of the highlands called "the scales" to a campsite a mile past VA route 670.
We plan on going 20 to 24 miles tomorrow, depending on how long it takes us to resupply in town. Once we resupply tomorrow, our goal is to hit Pearisburg VA in 4 days. There are 91 miles from the atkins resupply to Pearisburg. This would be our highest mileage section yet. We plan on buying an extra breakfast in case we need a morning on the fifth day, but we want to see what we are capable of.
Another thing to note, Walker and I have been joking whenever something bad happens, like tripping on a stick, or dropping a pop tart in the dirt that it's "time to quit, I'm going back to Springer." Well, today is the first day that it would actually be quicker to hike to Harper's Ferry than it would be to go back to Springer.
Goodnight,
Tyler M.
You are setting a "solid" pace. 2.5 downhill in 30 minutes... were you skiing or sliding? Mighty impressive! With VA being easier and less elevation change, what day do you think you will enter WV?
ReplyDeleteWe actually went uphill in 30 minutes, not quite sure about west virginia. Hard to say at this point, still have a long way to go until itll be clear. Maybe mid to late April.
DeleteDoing great!!
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