Monday, May 25:
Currently Hiking: Mid State Trail
Miles Completed: 270/331
He Said: We had a double shuttle today, so we only planned to hike about 18 miles. Most of the hiking was very pleasant, however the last 6 or so miles felt like the first 12. Fern forests, clover patches, and violets were among the flora of the day. Once we got to the truck, we went to pick up the 4runner then stopped by Sheetz'n'at for some MTOs before heading to the camping spot for the night. Trail Bougie! Oh yeah, who knows what the weird yellow thing is?
She Said: The day started successfully. We had a fairly long morning shuttle, but got on the trail by about 9:45 and the trail was so nice that we'd already hiked 13 miles by 2:30pm with two breaks. With only about 6 miles to go, we figured we'd be in pretty early! However, we then encountered the most difficult piece of trail we've yet seen! Overgrown with brambles, covered in blow downs, rocky as all get out, the trail traversed a knife edge along a ridge climbing and descending steeply as it went. We didn't get back to our truck until 7pm! With bloody legs, we quickly wiped down our legs from fear of poison ivy and checked for ticks. The ridge was pretty and neat, but nothing I'd like to hike again!
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