It rained last night so it was nice to be indoors! Cooler and less humid after the storms. Good hiking, highs in upper 70s.
The pictures above were taken this morning before we left Neels Gap. The pictures show Mountain Crossings at Walasi-Yi, an outfitter, hostel, info center and tourist trap located in Neels Gap. The Appalachian Trail run right through the building (only place on the trail). It is a nice place for hikers and has been for years. The current owner, bought it 10+ years ago and wrote a book about it. It has some good stories about the happenings there although we learned that we should not believe everything in the book and that much has changed since the book was published.
However, we did stay in the hostel and had a wonderful time. We were dead tired on arrival and learned (from Muncher) that 11 women who were supposed to be there did not stay and that there was a lot of food available. We had great Sloppy Joe's courtesy of Pirate. He has been running the hostel for many years and was one of the characters in the book. There was also a breakfast in the morning. We left a generous donation to cover costs.
We did a resupply of our food in the morning from the outfitters when it opened and then left for Low Gap Shelter. It was only a 11 mile day but we had a late start and the next shelter was another 7 miles. Also, Wendy's knee problems continue. In addition, I developed blisters because my boots did not get dried last night (as did Wendy's and Muncher's). Wet socks = blisters. I spite of the set backs, we made it before dark and had a good dinner.
Muncher is a section hiker who is also going north. He has no real time table. He left before we did and he was not at the shelter so not sure if we will see him again.
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