Sunday, June 5, 2016

Sprout Day 70 (Sunday, June 5th, 2016)

We had a rough start to the day because today was the day we separated from Mountain Man and Karma. It was time for their journey to take them down a different path and they decided to get off the trail and rent a car to travel the United States. We completely understand where they are coming from and wish them the best of luck! It's going to be weird not hiking with them because we've done almost 300 miles together on the AT. I know we will see them again in the future and look forward to it!

We got up and made one last batch of cowboy coffee and ate a small breakfast before parting ways. We lost Mountain Man and Karma but we sort of gained a new partner, Whiskers. We have been hiking together for the past few days and we hope it continues.

The terrain was steep up and down all day and it was slippery because the rocks were wet and there were a lot roots too. The roots are extra slippery so you really have to watch your step here. Earlier, right before a squeeze (the trail runs through boulders which have cracked in half) we took shelter right next to a big rock over hang. It was a perfect spot to stay dry and, while the heavy rain passed, we had lunch. I had two packs of tuna with crackers and an apple.

Wet trail today
View from the trail
Bubbles is watching her step!
Bubbles on the trail

It felt good getting to camp. We were happy we did 12 miles today. That puts us closer to Salisbury, we have 9.6 miles tomorrow. It will feel amazing to get a shower and to wash our laundry. When we arrived at camp today it was raining so hard. There wasn't too much we could do about it so we just set the tent up and made dinner. Our tent was soaked but we managed to dry off and get into some dry clothes. Hopefully the sun is shining tomorrow and we can dry out!

Day: 70
Miles hiked: 15.3
Total Miles hiked on the trail: 627.7
Bears: 0
Bluegill: 2
Butterflies: 8
Chipmunks: 3
Cows: 24
Crawfish: 1
Deer: 20
Donkeys: 2
Horses: 12
Hummingbird: 1
Inchworm: 1
Really Big Dog: 1
Mice: 2
Nest of bugs: 2
Newts: 2
Owl: 1
Rabbit: 1
Skunk: 1
Snail: 1
Snake: 2
Squirrels: 11
Toads: 3
Trout: 2
Turkeys: 4
Turtles: 107
Vultures: 6
Woodpecker: 1

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