Trail Day 24 - More Bears - Prof

Yea I didn't push my speed today like Doc. I might have stopped for coffee in the afternoon. 💁‍♂️ In my defense it was to get out of the rain. 

Within minutes of waking up this morning in the campground I saw 2 cubs playing with their mother babysitting and slowly guiding them away from the road. Then about fifteen minutes later the biggest bear that either Doc or I had seen yet came lumbering across where the other bears had just been. I watched all of this from my hammock while I ate breakfast. They were too far away for me to get a picture though. I saw one more bear this afternoon but again I couldn't get a picture. 

The day was kind of dreary with it drizzling and sprinkling in the morning, downpouring after lunch, and then it was overcast, warm, and humid in the afternoon. I got a couple good views in the breaks between the clouds but most of the views I couldn't see much. 

 

After a couple hitches I eventually made it into Luray for a resupply. The nice girls who gave me my second hitch were awesome enough to drop me off at McDonald's. The one girl, Bear Claw, did the AT previously and now works with the bears in SNP. 

I met back up with Doc at Walmart afterward and we got what might be our last resupply. We have 5 days of food to get us to Harpers Ferry. As of now we aren't sure if we are going to continue on up to the Pennsylvania border. We passed mile 300 today, it's crazy how far we have came. 

As always feel free to comment if you have anything you want to ask or add. 

-Prof