Starting location: Dutch Haus B&B
Ending location: Reeds Gap
Miles today: 20.0
Miles total: 834.0
We woke up to a great breakfast which included eggs, sauage, french toast, and fresh fruit. Kristen really gets excited for fresh fruit becuase we almost never get fruit on the trail. We arranged to do our first slackpack today. Earl drove us the 20 miles north to Reeds Gap where he dropped us off with our daypack to hike back to Dutch Haus B&B. The normal pack weight for Kristen and I is in the lower 30s but our daypack weighted only 6 pounds. It included 2 liters of water, lunch, cell phone, and camera. I can't tell how nice it was carrying only a daypack. It iterally felt like we were floating down the trail.
It was really neat getting to see all of our fellow hikers heading north. Many of them were confused to see us hiking south but we quickly explained that we were slackpacking through the Dutch Haus B&B. At one point during the day, we reached The Priest Shelter. Each shelter on the AT has a trail register where people can leave comments about the trail. This particular register is known to include the confessions of many hikers since it is The "Priest" Shelter. It was so funny reading all the confessions of all the hikers. Many of them started with "Forgive me father for I have sinned."
After a long 20 mile day, we eagerly waited for Earl to pick us up as a large thunderstorm quickly approached. It started pouring rain and sure enough Earl showed up about 30 seconds later. It is funny how sometimes things workout. It was so nice to know that no matter what the weather was like today, we had a warm, dry bed waiting for us. So honestly we didn't even care if it rained today.
Daypack
Snug as a bug in a real bed
Conan + Backwards
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