Dutch Haus B&B
This morning I woke up on a small island in surrounded by the Piney River. It was cold last night, I hear down to mid 30s, but I slept well. That explains why I was so cold when I rolled into camp last night. I thought it was just my exhaustion from the long hike.Today I took it easy with a short hop to Fish Hatchery Road and then 1.2 miles to the Hatchery where I waited for a ride at 11AM to the Dutch House. Along the way I passed a shelter and noted that McGyver hadn't passed so he must have been behind me somewhere though he didn't come in here tonight so I assume he is hiking a full day and is now ahead of me at the trail.
Earl and Lois, the owners of the Dutch Haus, have been treating me very nice.
They have free lunch which I partook in. They even had a vegetarian option, very tasty but I was hungry afterwords. My hammock arrived in the mail and I spent a couple hours fiddling with it getting the "hang" of setting it up. I subbed out the stock rain fly for my much larger tarp to give me more flexibility and space. I looks like it will be a very comfy place to spend the night when I get out tomorrow. I took care of resupplying with the food I mailed myself from Daleville and I should be ready for 5 more days. They have bird feeders at the Dutch house and the collection of colorful birds is truly something to behold. They have so many yellow fiches I have difficulty counting. That is in addition to vibrant blue and red birds I know not the name of. Out front there are a dozen hummingbirds buzzing by my head in search of the sugar water feeders.
The group spending the night is awesome with Caveman, Zero, and Captain Bly. Captain Bly stole the show at dinner talking about the like of a merchant marine on a 900' ship. Wow! Earlier I helped Caveman out by building a small alcohol stove from couple empty beers cans. It is nice to have an easy day after my hard day yesterday though my body seems to have recovered nicely already.
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