29 April Blue Ridge Summit B&B (Rt. 309)

Warmer last night and today.  No frost but still glad we were in an enclosed shelter.  Low mid 30s and high mid 60s with deep blue sky.

Hiked to Allentown Shelter and kept going to Rt. 309 and Blue Ridge Summit B&B.  It was a good day for hiking but it was the most rocks we have had.  We are very sore but uninjured. 

But the real reason we continued is that Don and Kat were going through.  Don broke his crown eating a pretzel on the Pinnacle.  There was a local hiker there who golfs with a Dentist friend.  Don has an appointment in the morning.

Tomorrow we say goodbye to Don and Kat.  We continue north while they do another section to the south (after the Dentist ).

The rocks get worse so we will do short days.   Tomorrow we do Knife's Edge and Bear Rocks.  

The B&B is nice.  Good restaurant and bar - like a roadhouse.  It is run by Ken.  He is very nice and did shuttles for Don and Kat so they could "slack pack" (hiking without your pack).  Ken also has a very good chef.  Wendy had Duck in pear sauce.   Later we will use the Jacuzzi.   This is not a hiker hostel   $$$.  But if you can afford it, it is a nice stop.   (The only advantage to hiking when your older, rather than younger, is that you can afford to take more of these stops.)