As a result of being really good at this whole hiking thing we managed to put down 18 miles by 1:30pm. So what do we do with our time? Ice cream! Apparently there's the Middle Creek Campground just 1 mile off the trail with hand scooped ice cream. Key lime pie, moosetracks and vanilla.... yum!
After the ice cream we ventured down to Jennings Creek for a "shower." We ended up skipping rocks and playing in the water for an hour. I felt like I was 5 again.
About 5pm we decided to hit the trail and do the last 3.8 miles to our shelter. We made our way to the trail head and found Carol, our lovely trail magic mother who we had met earlier (the same lady who packed out our trash) waiting for her husband to get off the trail. She whipped out three glazed donuts and a cold coke for us. People like her really make this trip an awesome experience.
Met Pickwick (Bill Zirngibl) at Bryant Ridge Shelter. Out of the hundreds of people on the trail, from every State as well as different countries, he knows of Medford, WI! Apparently he lived there for a few years and has family up there... small world.
Bryant Ridge Shelter is one of the largest shelters (sleeps 20), along with Overmountain Shelter and Fontana Dam Shelter.
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