Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Neels Gap
First post from the trail. We're thirty miles from Springer Mountain at Neels Gap after three days of hiking. Yesterday we met former thru hiker Jim "the geek" who was passing out beer (the beast) at Gooch Gap for St. Patrick's Day. I didn't recognize his name until he mentioned his thru-hike in the early 90's with his cat Ziggy. Last night we were both sick to our stomachs and enjoyed 8 hours dry-heaving, hence our staying the night in a cabin at Neels Gap. How can you charge eight dollars for an all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner and run out of everything...weak. Feet and gear are holding up well, but our guts are on strike. Pressing on...Jess's trail name may be rotten taters.
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Just how much beer did Jim the "geek" hand out?? Hope you are feeling much better.
Mike & Amy
Just testing to see if we can regiter a comment.
Meemaw and Grandy
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Steve (Jon's Dad)
I think you guys should quit belly aching about the food and get on with it. LOL Back in the olden dayZ the term "all you can eat" referred to the acorns on the ground and the bugs by the creek... spaghetti buffet sounds better now doesn't it. Hope all is well and I just know the weather is going to hold out. Yea Right.
Sam
As of 3-25 this is their location.
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Steve (Jon's Dad)
Oh no--barfing on the trail! Gross! I hope you guys are all better (at least you are having an authentic "back to nature" experience). Post when you can, we love the updates!
Amelia and Keith
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