Erwin, TN to Curley Maple Gap Shelter
Ahhhh...the joys of a short day leaving a town in the afternoon. That's right, you guessed it, we each carted a Subway sub up the hill out of Erwin for dinner. Sure beat the rehydrated meals others were eating at the shelter. Also lugged up a few pears and cookies for dessert. a nice end to an easy day.
The rest of the day was pretty relaxing too. Had breakfast #1 of cereal, donuts and hostess cupcakes at 730 at the hostel. The onto Huddle House at 930 for breakfast #2/lunch before hitting the post office to send some food forward to a hostel halfway to Damascus to pick up later this week. We then managed to run into trail legend "Miss Janet" as we were heading into a supermarket to try to get subs there and she volunteered to drive us to Subway, wait while we got our food, then drive us back to our hostel. This is the kind of trail magic that keeps hikers going forward on the trail and coming back to stay involved after finishing. Both Princess and I are planning on providing some trail magic next year at Snickers Gap as hikers come through there near us. We had a great conversation with her and look forward to meeting up with her at The Gathering later in October.
Also a big thanks to the staff at Uncle Johnnys for all the suttles around town so we could all get our errands done and get back on the trail.
We are sitting here now around a campfire near the shelter after a very relaxing day as we are set to head towards Damascus and hopefully make it there on Memorial Day in time for me to catch the NCAA lacrosse championship game at 330.
Someone save me a seat at the bar and have a tall cold one ready for me!
- Snowfox
Sent on the go from my Peek
Hey guys, just checking up on you all... seems like an adventure. Anyways, I hope all the best for you. Sabrina, let me know when you all are coming back this way.
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