I arrived at the hostel a little after 8, two hours sooner than expected. It’s quite nice. I have a room to myself with a bathroom and everything. The room sleeps four, but the only other people here are an Australian cycling team in the basement room and a Canadian couple across the hall. I talked to the couple a bit. They had hiked four days already and were up to Woody Gap (no relation). Woody Gap is where I want to be after day two so that was not encouraging. But it turns out that they started their hike at Amacalola Falls, which adds an extra day, so it was more like they got to Woody Gap after three days, which is less discouraging. They were taking a break here and trying to reduce the weight of their packs, which were around 50 pounds. Mine is under 40 fully loaded so that’s good. I actually have about 2 pounds more than I need because I like to record things. Plus I have the solar panel, which I will ditch if it doesn’t work.
Breakfast is at 8:30 then Josh (hostel owner) will take me to Springer Mt.
There’s a traveling salesman whose car becomes hopelessly stuck in a snow bank during a recent blizzard in North Dakota. It takes him several hours to make it to the nearest farm house, but frozen half to death, he finally reaches the front door and knocks. A grizzled old farmer answers, and the salesman pleads for a place to spend the night.
“Why sure young fella, I can give ya a place to bunk,” says the hospitable old man. “But I ain’t got no daughter for ya to sleep with, like ya always hear about in them thar jokes.”
“Oh!” says the salesman. “Just how far is it to the next house ?”
Any relation to Woody Guthrie?
Woody, that hostel looks so nice and quiet when see it on Monday at work. This makes me really want to book a trip to anywhere but New York City. Enjoy the fresh air and the great scenes.
Wow, Woody, you are a brave one to hike the AT alone! I hope you remembered to bring the Deep Woods Off, plenty of toilet paper, and personal wipes. Carrying such a heavy pack will exhaust you, so keep drinking water or other fluids. I’ll be camping and hiking in Cold Spring on Memorial Day. We’ll swap stories when you get back! Stay safe!
Hello, you there? Just wonder if you are fine since there is no new post for about two days ….
Have fun on the AT, but be careful. Recent reports indicate that Madbird Mammy is also hiking the trail in that area. Warning… stay clear of shady characters with beak-like noses.
Yeah dog! Watch out for Madbird Babyteeth Mammy…crazyeee as a loon! How was Blood Mtn bra?