Miles today: 21.2
Total miles: 744.5
Not too much notable stuff happened this morning and early afternoon. Blondie and I took many breaks but still made pretty decent time. The trail crosses a road right by a garden center at mile 17 or so and we got there by 4ish. They sell snacks and sodas to hikers and even allow hikers to shower there. I enjoyed a coke AND dr pepper while Blondie showered. I didn’t shower because I didn’t want to be cold with wet hair (and because I’m gross obviously). We set out around five for the last few miles to the shelter. We first passed the Appalachian Trail train station. It only runs on weekends and only at two times but a lot of people use it to get into the city. Unfortunately I’m not going into NYC since I took so much time off already but it was cool albeit a little eerie to see the totally empty station.
We got to the shelter at 6 something and had the place to ourselves! And it was a big shelter so it felt luxurious. We went to bed excited because we have a short easy 16 miles tomorrow and are allowing ourselves to sleep in.