Took a zero in Hot Springs! It's a really nice town with a lot of great places to eat. Sara and I enjoyed our day off and hung with all our friends in Hot Springs but we also use the time to resupply and get rid of some unneeded gear. We were also able to stay in a room at the hostel! The Laughing Heart was such a great place to stay. All of our trail buddies were there and we watched movies, drank beer, and told stories. It's great that we finally caught up with Ynot2K and Rammy, they were ahead of us for quite some time! It was a great night!
The next day we sort of woke up late and got breakfast at the diner. We did some more shopping and we really were reluctant to leave! As we were waking to leave town we decided to get some last minute wings which were so delicious! Back on the trail finally! We were heading out of town crossing the bridge between the town and the trail when all o sudden I hear a crash! I turn around and Sara is laying on the bridge! The poor girl fell and got a few scrapes but we sat for a half hour got her bandaged up and were finally good to go. Hot Springs was by far the hardest place to leave for a lot of reasons. That day we had a decent hike to Spring Mt Shelter. Along the 11 miles we got to climb a fire tower with an amazing view. Once we finally got to the shelter we camped out and shared stories by the fire until we couldn't hold open our eyes.
Today we hiked 15.5 miles over rough mountaintops. Whoever made this section of trail really was an old school purist hiker. We started with a 6 mile uphill with an elevation change of over 2000ft. After that we got to walk along a rocky ridge line. When I say rocky I mean boulders and when I say walk I mean climb! Today was rough but the views were worth it. I can't say the climbing wasn't fun either. We also so a big old rat snake today! It was a pretty exciting day!
Much Love,
Sara and Comrade
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