June 18 Mile 768

Today we had Several long climbs up , totalling 4500 ft. Up and down and up and down! It was tough. The AT trail people do not take you on easy routes! They want to exhaust you. We ended up doing 17 miles today, so 49 miles in 3 days is pretty amazing for us, at least for me.
At the top of a mtn called Apple Orchard was a big FAA tower that looked like a soccer ball. The should have painted it in honor of the World Cup games. We ate lunch on a big rock near here, but the bugs were ferocious. Told by one thru hiker that bugs drive many off the trail.  We crossed the parkway a couple if times today. It's always weird to come in contact with civilization and see people on cars- probably with food!
Overall we had a good hiking day and are glad with our  progress and looking forward to getting to town- Buena Vista- on Sunday.
Rt knee hurt a little. New blister with new shoe, left heel on side, typical for me to continually have these darn blisters.





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