The current ones have been a bane to her feet the entire hike and new ones are very much needed. They plan on doing a double Zero to catch up with all their friends they've met along the way. This is the 25th anniversary of Trail days. Melissa will be picking up a food drop for Back Track at Sun Dog Outfitters.
They are going to get back on the trail and see how far north they can hike before Christina's boyfriend drives up to meet them and bring them back to Trail Days. I expect Troutdale, Va 508.7 NoBo will be their step off to come back to trail days.
They are within spitting distance of the quarter way mark at 545.3 NoBo. Damascus is 464.2 NoBo. The troop was shooting for the quarter way mark, but 81 miles in three days is 27 miles a day. Atkins, Va is at mile 539.5 NoBo and it would be another drop of point for a ride back. But since they are trail tried and turning on the speed, I wouldn't put it past them.
There won't be any cell coverage in Damascus plus the whole idea of Trail Days is for hikers to meet with hikers so we will be in a contact blackout for a while. I have enough info from our last conversation to keep things going on the blog. The past four posts were made from just the first 10 minutes of an hour talk we had on Sunday.
I promised a breakdown of dates, places and mileage from Erwin so here goes:
Erwin, Tn: 339.3 NoBo on 05/02/2011
Campsite at: 346.7 NoBo on 05/03/2011
Clyde Smith Shelter: 366.1 NoBo 05/04/2011
Overmountain Shelter: 380.4 NoBo 05/05/2011
Campsite at Upper Laurel Fork: 403.0 NoBo 05/06/2011
Left trail for an overnight in Hampton, Tn: 416.8 NoBo 05/07/2011
Vandeventer Shelter: 431.5 NoBo 05/08/2011
Abingdon Gap Shelter: 454.2 NoBo 05/09/2011
Congrats on hitting the big 500 mark tomorrow or Thursday. Go team.
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