I feel like we are starting to get the hang of the hiking. We really seemed to pick up the pace today. We completed over 11 miles easy by about 5pm with a long lunch at mountain crossing lodge. The lodge was a great place to hang out for a bit. JD and I were able to send back a lot of the things we didn't need while we were there even though we wanted to keep them, 12 pounds of things between the two of us. There were a few things that we really didn't want to part with including my throwing knives and his hat. Also while we were up there we met Baltimore Jack who told us lots of cool tips about the trail (he has thru-hiked 9 times). After a couple of hot dogs we were back on the trail.
We encounted our first thunderstorm and found out that our ponchos really seemed to work well. We were glad to hear from an oncomming hiker that we just missed a hail storm by about 15 minutes. We are camped out now and still have Footloose with us. Even though it rained we were able to get our first fire of the trip going.
JD and I seem to be doing really well and are having a blast out here. We are about a day ahead of schedule so if anyone was planning on sending us care packages push the ETA forward a day. Good night everyone!
-Turbo
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