well we didn't make it as far as we wanted to today. we only made it about 5 miles to the Manassass Gap shelter. the incline today was horrible and it really slowed us down. erin wasn't able to make it all the way to the shelter. she got picked up by aunt robin on route 66. aunt robin brought us some much needed soda and water so we didn't have to filter water. haley got a nasty blister from her boots that she borrowed from her mom. next hike she'll be buying new boots. we've also officially given haley her trail name, Princess Packer. you wouldn't know she's been camping her entire life. she hasn't been too bad though; she's been saying she wants to come back out. all in all we're just a little sore.
uncle tom and I have kind of decided on trail names. mine is mountain goat and uncle tom is going with UT. we haven't officially decided on anything yet though.
we've been reading the shelter log and there were a lot of reports of a snake up in the rafters. we haven't seen any here yet.
so I let haley make dinner tonight. it was chicken and mashed potatoes and she didn't do too bad. I was a little worried at first i'll admit. i'm proud of her though. she was gonna make the crème brulee too but we decided against it. she might have it for breakfast in the morning.
we were the first ones in the shelter today so we got to claim it first. 5 more people showed up, 2 couples and one single guy. they're all really nice and the one couple decided to bunk with us in the shelter. they walked about 25 miles today which kind of makes me feel pitiful. they've been section hiking for a while and have most of Georgia to the Pennsylvania line done.
uncle tom still fights with his sleeping bag. it has become an ongoing saga for these trips. we've named his bag Jerry; it's better than Saturday morning cartoons.
uncle tom is reading one of his trail books and flashed his light right in Haley's face. he just said "does this bother you?" like he totally meant to do it. it was quite a comical moment.
tomorrow we'll decide where we'll walk out and get picked up for the weekend. we have a couple of options depending on how far we feel like walking.
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