Starting location: Boblets Shelter
Ending location: Cornelius Creek Shelter
Miles today: 18.4
Miles total: 756.0
We woke up to rain this morning but stayed dry as a bone in our tent. We packed all of our things and waited out the rain in the shelter for about 20 minutes and were out on the trail by 8:30am.
Today was a pretty typical hiking day with no major significant events to report. We seem to be in this weather cycle where we are hitting quick afternoon thunderstorms almost everyday. Kristen and I really don't mind these quick storms because it cools us off on these hot and humid days.
We do have to report that we have changed the way we are treating our water. We started the trail with a filtation system called Katahdin Hiker Pro. We have since changed to a chemcial treatment called Aquamira. We did this for several reasons. First, we saved about 14oz by making this change. To a non-backpacker, 14oz may not seem like any big deal but trust me it is a huge deal. Second, it is much quicker to chemcially treat your water than pump it through a filter. The only disadvantage to chemcial treatment is you often times will have dirt particles in your water. We call the particles "sea monkeys." This may seem a bit hardcore to those back home and Kristen will admit it took her a while to get use to it. But a little dirt has never hurt anyone.
We will cross the Blue Ridge Parkway often over the next 100 miles
Conan + Backwards
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