Start: Moreland Gap Shelter
End: Watauga Lake Shelter
Miles: 16.4 today, 414.2 total
I left Laura at the Moreland Gap Shelter this morning. She was complaining about her knees. She caught up with me later, though, at the Laurel Creek Lodge. It's a campground / hostel; pretty nice, too. When I got there Mission Man and D-Con were leaving to do more slackpacking. Basically they're slacking the whole way from Erwin to Damascus. Also saw Q-tip and Big Toe. Q-tip said there was some free extra restaurant-type food in the hiker kitchen, so I went in there and ate for about an hour. Ribs, bread, and these little spinach triangle things. It was great. Then Laura came by with a stray dog that was hanging around Moreland Gap Shelter. Apparently there's a lot of stray dogs in the area.
So then I left the Lodge after my free lunch and about $2.50 in extra food for the trail. Laura said she was going to stay the night there and just meet up with me in Damascus.
On my hike I made a couple stops. One at Laurel Falls, a pretty nice waterfall. And then another at a rope swing by Watauga Lake. Some teenage guys were swinging out and falling in the lake. They said I should try it, and I needed a bath, so I took off my shoes & shirt and jumped in. It was pretty cool. Tonight I'm with Q-tip, Q-tip's girlfriend, Big Toe, and three others. Broke 400 today!
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