After having a warm bed and hot shower yesterday, today I was supposed to get a two mile head start on the other hikers because I am so slow. A shuttle driver moved us from the hotel to where we stopped yesterday, except he moved me two miles further up the trail. There aren’t many times this is even possible. Well, I immediately made a wrong turn and ended up parallel to the trail. Luckily we had cell service and I texted Julia, who called me and talked me back on the trail. When we met up she told me “you know better than to keep going without seeing the white blaze.” She is right. I ended up backtracking a 1/2 mile which added a mile to my hike. So instead of 10 miles to their 12, I ended up with 11. And I am beat. It was a long hard day with lots of rocks and boulders.
A few pictures of the trail when I finally got on the correct path.
White blazes for the trail are even on the boulders.
Julia taking a picture of her feet near her 1200 milestone!
Our lunch stop today.
The sign on the left indicates the “old” AT trail is closed and new route is in its place.
Tonight’s camp.