Today’s miles: 17.9
Cedar Rock A-frame Shelter
It was another cold day, morning especially, but full of blue skies and sunshine which made the cold humps seem liveable. For most of the morning, I walked on the Black Mtn Trail and got some beautiful overlooks this morning. Felt a little bit sick from the chocolate chips this morning at breakfast. Walked into town to resupply at Bi-Lo (Brevard town limits, barely) and ate a lunch special at Pizza Hut featuring a salad bar of wax-paper-translucent lettuce and a choice of 4 creamy dressings, and a very cheesy personal pan pizza with jalapenos, mushrooms, and spicy sausage. Ohh la la, and some coffee in a Pizza Hut plastic mug. I spent a while there, before thrusting (wrestling) on my pack and walking back to the trail.
On the Art Loeb Trail, I climbed upwards, passing by 3 dayhikers going to the road. Lots of ridge-jumping and one moment of fear when I saw a flash of blue through the trees. It was a discarded sleeping mattress foam pad. Kind of freaked me out. Ate an apple around sunset, then climbed down to curve around the final rocky mountain at its base and make the final push to the shelter. I saw an albino squirrel on the walk! I had to headlamp the last mile, but did see some beautiful stars above. This shelter is A-frame, literally.
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