Day 3
Jerry Cabin Shelter to Spring Mountain Shelter. 15.4 miles.
Had a geat nights sleep in the hammock. I am liking snuggling deep down into the down sleeping bag. I didn’t wake up till after 8:00 and didn’t leave for the trail till 10:00. Rained the entire morning. The trail was slick, my feet stayed wet, but I embraced the rain. We just don’t get that many opportunities to play in the rain at home.
I got to the next shelter at 2 o’clock, and met two SOBO (south bound) through hikers that had traveled all the way down from Maine. I was just going to relax and set up the hammock, but they were going to go all the way to Hot Springs, a truly unreasonable amount of miles. So I slammed on my pack and headed for the next shelter 9 miles away. It wasn’t easy but I made it by 6:30, quickly made my dinner of garlic noodles and went off to sleep. Oh yea, saw 2 bears on the way, just doing bear stuff.
