Today was glorious! The weather was beautiful, in the 70's. The trail was nearly perfect, with few rocks and roots to grab your feet. There were some interesting rock formations, some too high for my short legs to step up on. That's when you have to sit down and boot scoot hahaha.
Justus Creek was a welcome sight. We took a pack off break and had a snack there. Met a great guy on the way named Cap. We hiked together for awhile and took a couple of "breathing" breaks together on the uphills.
Stopped for lunch at Gooch Mt. shelter. A couple came in soon after. The guy had green hair. I told him his trail name should be Shamrock. He liked it and thought he'd keep it. Yay! I gave out my first trail name!
Speaking of trail names, we've been having a lot of discussion about them. We wanted to rename Tinker, Star, because she's a big ball of gas. But she didn't go for it. Sammie was Legs but she thought it was too sexual. She's decided she wants to be Hashtag because she's constantly saying "hashtag" like the Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake skit. These are the deep, meaningful things we talk about out here.
We still had enough energy to hike after lunch and decided to go further. We stopped for the night at Gooch Gap.
So glad to see the weather is better. Great pictures. Stay safe.
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