271.8 miles
What with my sore legs and this bottomless pit of an appetite I've developed, these last two days in Hot Springs have been a slice of Heaven Pie. Elmer's, the renowned hiker hostel here, was full up when we walked into town late Tuesday evening. The rain started to fall again, and we'd about limped the last of the day's 20 miles, so we settled for a motel down the road. Not as charming, or as cheap, but there's just nothing like a hot shower and a soft bed to make you feel like royalty after days of hard hiking.
Yesterday we took our first day off the trail (a zero day as the hikers call it), went to the gear shop and dropped a paycheck on a new pair of boots and a new tent -an MSR Hubba Hubba- since our tarp tent has proven to be a bit of a soggy experience in the rain, then we took a good long soak in the hot springs, and went out for a supper and local beers with a few other hikers. The Smoky Mountain Diner has fed us about five times since we arrived -awesome, inexpensive, and not holding back on the calories, it's just right.
Last night we got a room at Elmers, had a family style breakfast with twelve other hikers there for the night, and now, refreshed and excited to try out our new gear, we're heading back to the trail for some more of that mountain love.
Walk on.
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