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Appalachian Trail (day 27) - Quarter Way Inn to Jenkins Shelter / mile 581

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"You are the first person I know that mentioned Articles of Confederation in a casual conversation" Anniversary "We had two bear canisters but one of them rolled off the cliff on the second day of our hike" Historian The day started with the best gourmet breakfast on the entire Appalachian Trail (according to Platinum-Blazing the Appalachian Trail guide) and it did live up to the expectations, there was apple and cinnamon cake, frittatas, hash skillet, blueberry buns, bacon, freshly baked sourdough, homemade apple sauce and blackberry jam and honey provided by the local bees. We sat down and had a history chat about.. windows. Historian was on fire with all the facts and dates, we asked Kate how old was the sycamore tree and she told us that it was planted in 1790, so 235 years ago! We've also been joined by Late Start, a blogger who arrived so late yesterday that I've only noticed him sleeping in one of the bunk beds in the morning. ...

Appalachian Trail (day 26) - Glade Mountain to Quarter Way Inn / mile 556

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"Few years ago we had a fire that burned our neighbourhood, it was called Cinnamon Ridge, so I went up there, crossed the "Ridge" from the sign and wrote: Cinnamon Toast" Anniversary Today I've completed the quarter of the Appalachian Trail, what other way to celebrate it than to stay at Quarter Way Inn! Day started with rain and fog as it happens every 33% of time on the AT according to statistics. I had 8 miles to go before reaching  an Interstate Highway which had two petrol stations and a Mexican restaurant. I've arrived there at 10 AM, did a fairly costly resupply at one of the stations and waited until 11 AM until the restaurant opened. Once it did, I've ordered a "burrito grande" the card reader wasn't working so I paid with cash and since I didn't have exact amount waitress just waived her hand and said that 12$ is enough (the actual bill was 13.98$) later she also threw in a pot of salsa and a bag of tor...