Miles today: 14.8
Total miles: 580.0
Today began the way yesterday ended: everyone huddled in the shelter while the rain poured. We all got up, got ready, had breakfast and headed out into the rain one by one. It normally would have been miserable to walk out into the cold rain first thing in the morning but a group of 15-20 people gives each other the strength to do it. A nice thing, the hiker solidarity. We're-all-in this-together-kind of a thing.
The terrain was fairly easy today, and the forest in this area was beautiful. Rock formations, flowering trees, orange salamanders running around, a very colorful woods. Lots of great water sources; clean springs of cold water coming up out of the rock. I've never had water so fresh as some of the stuff I've had on the trail. Camped with about 5-6 of the people who were at the shelter last night.
Tomorrow I'll head into Bland, VA to pick up a package and resupply. Hopefully that town's name is a misnomer or I'm in for a really boring day.
Camped at Laurel Creek near the crossing at VA 615.
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