June 17 Mile 751

After a hot day yesterday, we had a very cooling breeze overnight. We got up at sunrise and packed up so we could have our breakfast at the picnic table overlook. Took off early and had a nice terrain to hike. Unfortunately,I had my achy right knee to contend with. I don't understand why after all the meds, exercises, etc. the knee will feel fine for two weeks and then act balky?
We hiked by the parkway, crossing it three times. Later in the day we came to a wonderful  creek- Jennings Creek and took a long break enjoying the cool water. We planned a late day hike after it cooled off to a shelter area, again due to needing water. It was a tough hot climb up. Just before getting there, we passed a campsite near a stream. Should have taken it. Went on to the shelter. It was quite large, and had an upper level, very rare. Wanted to tent camp, but this was a valley and there were no sites. Decided to sleep in the shelter upstairs. Not a good decision. First, upstairs in shelters are tough to get into-just a ladder and getting all your stuff up there takes time and agility. Then there were the bugs- tiny nasty biting bugs. We tried to sleep but they were vicious. Finally , at 2 AM, I had to get my tent and get inside of it like a sleeping bag and zip myself up to get relief. It was a tough night. And by the way, a big blister immerged. Just cant get rid of them. But no numb foot!



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