Day 44

18 miles

We set off late from the hostel as per usual for us. We had a huge breakfast of pancakes, eggs, and sausage.

Today was been an exceptional day all around. The terrain was the flattest it has been this entire hike. When I say flat it was about 2000 ft of elevation gain over 18 miles which isn’t that bad at all. Comparatively. Regardless I still pour sweat with all the humidity. Around 11 o’clock we arrived at Dismal Falls which was anything but dismal. It was a short climb down to where the bottom of the falls were with a nice swimming whole right under the falls. We threw our clothes to the side and went for a swim. After a short bit in the cool water more and more people start to show up so we call it. As I’m putting my clothes back on Two Tone points out a snake right under where my shirt is hanging. I hadn’t noticed it before so I’m not sure if it was there the whole time. Come to find out later, it was a water moccasin. I absolutely hate snakes if I haven’t told you before, especially poisonous ones.

The sun went way after our lunch break and we had some slight rain. We cruised at over 3 mph and finished by 5:30. Today was a great day.