Appalachian Trail (day 32) - Audie Murphy Monument to Tinker Cliffs / mile 721
Day full of beautiful hiking sites. First on the menu was a climb to the Dragons Tooth, nothing out of ordinary but I managed to spot here the second black bear I've seen on AT so far, this one looked quite sickly, he was really thin and his fur was all scruffy, I must have woke him up. I've felt sorry for the poor fellow. Once at the top, the descent commenced and it was definitely the most technical rock scrambling and climbing I've done so far on the Appalachian Trail. It was challenging to find a right route down nearly vertical slabs of rock, on the other hand it was fun and very satisfying! I really enjoyed that section, apparently there's some more of these to come in Maine. At about 11 AM I took a detour to a gas station in a village of Catawba, which also served as a grocery. It was only half a mile off trail. I bought a coffee, slice of pizza, pork scratchings (which were delicious!) and few snacks to keep me goi...