Today's hike started beautifully. I was out of camp at 8:30 and just a few yards down the trail I ran into Sriracha, who was already 3.5 miles into his day. Just after the road crossing the trail enters a wonderful field and the only 1 mile handicap accessible section of trail begins. The trail meanders through the field past some interesting old buildings, over stiles, and through cow fields. After the fields it enters the forest again and makes its way to Double Springs Shelter where we stop for 1st and 2nd breakfast. I'm the first to arrive and second in line is Jersey Girl. While waiting for Tric we encounter a very nice group of three older gentlemen and one younger girl. They all are thru hiking and pulling big miles, the girl is averaging 20 miles a day. They named her Beast. We all eat lunch and have a nice time. Pretty soon 2 of the section hikers show up. It's the married couple. The other 2 older hikers usually take a little longer. It's a great day for everybody, everyone feels good and everyone is healthy. For the next 10 miles we all fuel each other to hike stronger and everyone arrives to the shelter happily. Tric, Jersey Girl, and I push on another few miles where we find a nice campsite with a good fire ring and set up camp.
For dinner Tric made mac n' cheese and I rolled it into burritos and then we proceeded to toast them over a fire. Delicious.
Stiles are great for getting over barbed wire but they can be very awkward with a heavy pack on.
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