Day 8 was shorter than I expected, Dad and Ruth made it only a few tenths of a mile past Bly Gap1.
Yesterday (Day 9), they hiked a whopping 15 miles, and stayed the night camped out near Carter Gap Shelter2.
They called today from the top of Albert Mountain (at 11:19 am), and had already hiked 7 miles (Day 10). Their target for today is 13 miles, so they can spend tonight in Franklin, NC, and take tomorrow off.
| Day | Miles | |
|---|---|---|
| April 8 | 8 | 9.1 miles |
| 9 | 15 miles | |
| 10 | 13 miles | |
| 11 | Rest day |
Trail Food
They like the Mountain House Food4. They've had the vegetable lasagne and the pasta primavera and said it was very tasty, with nothing to clean up when they're done.
Ruth mentioned that there were some girls camping near them the other day. They were fresh in from town, and had bagels, cold pizza, and made pudding
References:
1 Bly Gap (3840 ft) - 75.6 miles, on Georgia/North Carolina state line
2 Carter Gap Shelter ( 4540 ft.) - 90.9 miles
3 Wallace Gap/Old US-64 - 103.7 miles
4 Mountain House Food, Lasagne, Primavera
Comments
Erin, this site is great! We're going to enjoy tracking Mike & Ruth's progress. Only Mikie could get blisters on his butt, though.
Hey just wanted to drop a note to tell Ruth that her "adopted sons" are rooting for her back at the house on Copeland. Just let her know that her house is still standing and shadow misses her!
Hi all. Laughing is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot.
I am from Norway and also now'm speaking English, give true I wrote the following sentence: "This pages provides information regarding the citizens academy program the citizen police academy is a thirteen week program designed to provide san."
With love
, Eadoin.
Good morning. Whenever evil befalls us, we ought to ask ourselves, after the first suffering, how we can turn it into good. So shall we take occasion, from one bitter root, to raise perhaps many flowers.
I am from Guatemala and bad know English, tell me right I wrote the following sentence: "Narcotics work to be changing in chance."
THX :o, Pain killer strengths.
How are you. Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self will require not just small adjustments in your way of living and thinking but a full-on metamorphosis.
I am from Guyana and bad know English, give please true I wrote the following sentence: "Forex market, he roads to make his permission more regulatory and he remains to buy reserves' sum however in variable to meet his."
Best regards :p, Forex market rates.