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