Flip Flop Hikers: Sprout Day 41 (Saturday, May 7th, 2016)

Saturday, May 7, 2016

Sprout Day 41 (Saturday, May 7th, 2016)

It was nice staying at Eckville Shelter last night. We were able to dry some of our clothes and our rain fly and got full with some good pizza.

The caretaker's house can be seen here on the left

That's the privy with a flushing toilet!

Picnic table at the shelter

Eckville Shelter. It's enclosed with two doors so there is a nice breeze through it.

Bubbles inside the shelter

We knew that there were going to be a lot of rocks in the terrain today so we just planned to go to the next shelter. It was a tough day and there were definitely a lot of rocks on the path. The rocks were slippery and it made it difficult to make our way through the mountains. We were thankful it didn't rain anymore. That would have made our hike even more difficult! I almost fell a few times but caught myself before I went down.

We passed a few weekend hikers, day hikers, and thru hikers today. We are still with Karma and Mountain Man.

It was beautiful earlier. I noticed so many different birds calling and took a video to try to capture the moment. It's nice to be able to wake up walk and listen to the sounds of the forest.

We got to camp around 3:30. Smudgy, Karma and Mountain Man were here and had just started a fire. I set my boots next to the fire before bed to dry them. We shared many laughs with our new friends, listened to the Greece soundtrack, and quoted movies around the fire. We plan on stopping at this restaurant four miles into our hike tomorrow for lunch. Tomorrow's hike will total little over ten miles.