I noticed that most of today the trees were not filled in with leaves. The buds had just popped open and the new leaves were just beginning. We are starting our fourth week of early spring.
Great hiking day. I wore my knee brace over long underwear so it would not rub the skin raw. That worked and the brace helped (thanks Box Man). The knee was fine today with only minor pain.
For the first time, I missed a turn on the trail today. We were in a straight path and I was concentrating on the rocks. The straight path came to a forest road and there were no white blazes marking the trail. We got out the map saw were we should be. Backtracking cost us less than a mile but still too much.
We got to shelter before 4:00 including stopping for water at the stream on the way in. "Gone Walking" was already here. He previously thru-hiked all but the last 100 miles. He is currently section hiking the AT and when he gets to the Mass.-Vermont border, he will have completed his section hike of the entire AT.
Box Man and Drifter must have gone on to Port Clinton. I imagine they got here in the early afternoon and decided that if they kept walking, they could be having a beer and dinner at the Port Clinton Hotel by this evening.
Tomorrow, Port Clinton for us!
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