It's the 27th, a Saturday, and I'm planning on doing a short day. Seven miles ish from Siler Bald to Wayah Bald.
I am so very glad to have made it to Wayah today. There was a lovely woman ag the top of a surprisingly hard climb giving out trail magic from the back of her car.
She gave me two bottles of water, some rice crispy cake and SIX bananas!
The rest of the day after that was devoted to debating whether to have an easy seven mile day or a medium twelve mile day.
Yesterday was a long day. Too long, I think. The miles weren't too bad but by the last few miles I was just feeling emotionally exhausted.
When I reached my camp spot for the night, I was a little dismayed to see it already mostly full with strangers. However, that turned out to be a blessing in disguise. One of them offered me help setting up if I needed it, one offered me water. Later on some others, whom I had met before, also started to arrive. Eventually we all ended up laughing and chatting around a warm camp fire, courtesy of those unwanted strangers.
That evening really turned the afternoon around.
