A cold night last night after the storms went through. I did not have enough clothes. But warmer today and more humidity. Highs in low 80s.
We hiked 15 miles again today. When we stopped for lunch at a shelter, we saw that Muncher signed the register so he did continue hiking and spent the night there. So he is ahead of us and we should see him again.
I feel that I am immediately back into the rhythm of hiking on the trail. I was worried that it would be difficult to go back after such a long rest. It is clear that we have lost our hiking legs but I feel the strength returning. We have done good miles and much more that when we started in April. I think we can do even more. I like the trail here and the shelters have all been very nice.
We had a three mile climb at the end of the day that was hard going. When we arrived at Tray Mountain shelter, we met Flipper (thru-hiked in '96) who offered Wendy some coffee. He brought it to us and we talked for a while. He is out for over 3 weeks and just taking his time going from shelter to shelter and "enjoying the trail". He plans another thru-hike at some time in the future. He had killed a rattlesnake and eaten it - he showed us the skin. In addition, there were two snake skins in the shelter courtesy of Flipper. He said it keeps the mice away.
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