Well the scorching in my pot is pretty bad and I can't seem to scrub it clean. Hopefully I will be able to find a scrubby pad.
Our camp site turned out to be fairly well shielded from the sun an we stayed cool until we climbed up the ridge line and sun started heating us up. It was a hot long hike to Fontana after that.
Along the way at Cable Gap Shelter we ran into a group of high schoolers from Cincinnati who were out on some sort of program. The kids, about 20-30 of them were an interesting bunch who were exhausted from the 8 mile hike they had just done.
After seeing them and climbing out of the gap we got our first view of the massive lake Fontana Dam creates. We hike alongside it for the next couple. However it was always sen through trees so I never could get a good pic to show how beautiful it was.
towards the end of the hike I got a kick of energy and covered the last 4-5 miles in a hour and a half (about 4:30). At the road to the dam I found a restroom where I freshened up best I could. I found a note from Bowser saying he went to town and then would come back to the Shelter. Some people I passed earlier offered me a ride into town and So I headed in. In town I found most places had closed at 5. The two is a resort town and very much looked and acted like one out of season but the pay phone was still working and I called home for the next hour or two. Then I went up to the Fontana Lodge near by which offers $2 shuttle rides back down to the shelter and ran into McGyver.
We hung out with some other hikers and had a very good meal before heading down and meeting up with Bowser and about 10 hikers and 10 noisy boy scouts. I am so tired that I don't think the noise will keep me up.
missing everyone
great dinner
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nice privy . . .
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