Hogback Ridge Shelter to 3 miles south of No Business Knob Shelter
Today was one of those days where we just couldn't get any momentum going in many areas:
- lack of quality water sources, most were not worth putting the filter into
- an unreal amount of climbing for what was supposed to be a generally downhill day
- a very slow rate of progress despite our early start and long hours (730 am to 730 pm)
- a lack of campsites noted in our guidebook from Spivey Gap north. We felt good but decided to stop at the first one we found and save our night hiking debut for another time
Overall a long tough day with a pretty big mileage total for us. We are just about 9 miles south of Erwin, TN and will unfortunately probably arrive too late for the Pizza Hut all you can eat lunch buffet - maybe some other time. The plan is to get into Erwin around early afternoon and get our resupply chores done on Friday and spend a relaxing Saturday morning around town before picking up some Subway subs and some fruit to haul on a short 5 mile day out of town Saturday afternoon.
Things are going well and we are abou 9 days from entering Virginia to spend a month working our way north through the Commonwealth. Visitors, day hikers and food deliveries are welcome just email us to let us know where you might want to meet and we will let you know what the schedule looks like.
And I tried, and I tried and I tried...
- Snowfox
Sent on the go from my Peek
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