Start: Kind of Outdoorsy Hostel. Stop: Kind of Outdoorsy Hostel. Today’s miles: 0. Total AT mileage: 124.2 miles
I woke up to the sound of hikers getting up and getting packed. I moseyed out of bed and it was so nice to not have anything to “have” to do. Although, technically, that’s every day, but knowing today was a zero day just felt that much more exciting.
I spent the morning hanging out with a few folks not rushing out, and some hikers that had hiked in this morning and was planning to just shower, resupply, and head back out. A lot of the NOBOs are coming through, and man they pull some big miles. I’ll be crushing big miles soon I hope.
Lizard and I walked to the quick mart and got our next week’s worth of food. Curmy and Cholula came over and we did a little pack shakedown and I managed to get rid of close to 3 pounds of stuff!
We all walked to the post office together and then to get ice cream. SO. GOOD. We hung out and chit chatted, walked by the lake, and then all went back to our “homes” to relax, nap, stretch, etc.. I ended up finishing an audiobook.
Today was so very necessary. My feet feel relaxed and less swollen, my knee hasn’t bothered me a bit. I laid out on the picnic table out back and stretched out while getting sucked into my book.. and it finished just in time to go to dinner 🙂
We ate at the little pub, drank a few beers and had some great conversation. I had a fantastic time. We came back to the hostel and some new people are all here that I haven’t met. It looks like every day will have new folks to meet. Some will feel like family, some you’ll be thankful they hike so much faster than you. Hahaha