We woke up at 7 AM, and packed up our belongings, and were ready to head out at about 8. Today was going to be a short day, with us only needing to cover about 14 miles. Before we headed…
Day 37 hike to Old Orchard Shelter
We got up at 7 AM, determined to start the day early and get some good mileage. We packed up quickly and started our hike at 7:45. We had a 1 mile easy down to US 58, but after that…
Day 36 hike to Lost Mountain Shelter
We got up and drove from the rest area, that we stopped at the night before, to Wytheville, VA and parked at our shuttle driver’s house. We then took a shuttle to Damascus and started at The Broken Fiddle at…
Day 35 hike to Broken Fiddle, Damascus, VA
We got up early at 7 AM, and packed up our stuff and left at 8:30. Our plan was to finish our section to Damascus, Virginia, today and be done with this section. The whole day was going to be…
Day 34 hike to Double Spring Shelter
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Day 33 hike to Vandeventer Shelter
We woke up at 7:30 AM, packed all our stuff and started our hike down Pond Mountain at 8. We had a 2.8 mile down to Boots Off Hostel, where we wanted to stay the night before, but we didn’t…
Day 32 hike to Pond Flats
We woke up at 7 AM because we wanted to start early since it was going to be a long day. We started hiking at 8. In the morning it was a gradual hike up to Moreland Gap Shelter. We…
Day 31 hike to Campsite
We drove to the Tennessee Welcome Center the night before, and stayed there. We got up at 7:30 AM, and left for Mountain Harbor at 8. When we got to Mountain Harbor, we parked our car there, booked a shuttle…
Day 30 hike to Mountain Harbor B&B
We got up at 7 AM, packed our bags, and left the shelter by 7:45. We were running a little low on water, but it was alright since, it was going to be a short day, and we could fill…
Day 29 hike to Stan Murray Shelter
We got up at 7 AM, and wanted to start early, since we knew that it was going to start raining at about 1:30 PM. At the start of the day, we had a small 0.5 down to Hughes Gap,…