Trail day 9 - It's cold now - Jack

Trail day 9 - May 21, 2017
Mile 728.1 - Mile 739.3
Daleville VA - Wilson Creek Shelter
11.2 Miles
Total ascent: 2952.8 feet
Total descent 2360.6 feet

Yeah, yeah I didn't post yesterday. Something about staying back in the real world makes me not want to write! Anyways. 

Started off the day right with a continental breakfast. Chatted quite a bit with Bad News, the hiker we met last night. Packed up, and hit the trail around ten. It was overall a pretty uneventful day! We went 7.3 miles before we looked at a map or took a break. It feels good to finally have a rhythm and good pace going with our hiking. 

 

We saw a bunch of these tiny orange lizards. No clue what they are though. 

 

Ran across a bunch of streams with big pools filled with tiny fish in them. 

Got to the shelter and set up and took a much needed nap. I think both of our feet are hurting pretty badly. It doesn't help that the weather switched from very hot to chilly. It's mid fifties in town, so it must be a little colder up here. We have three more days until our next resupply and there will be some pretty big climbs! 

That's about all I have to say about today. It's been drizzling on and off, and it looks like we're in for more rain this week. 

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