June 6 Mile 616

Today my blisters and achy arch were better. I was able to pad my blisters pretty well and my arch didn't hurt til about the time we arrived at the Hostel. The hike itself was up a bit, as I mentioned, but nowhere as difficult as I thought it would be. I read in a hiker handbook that hiking the AT has an elevation rise equivalent to hiking 16 Mt Everest's. Whew! No wonder we're so tired. And lose so much weight. Don't count calories out here, except to increase the number you can take in .
Anyway, the hiking was pretty uneventful, except they did provide us with one very nice vista. Hiked a good bit with "Just Ron" and really enjoyed his company. He headed on to hike to the next town of Pearisburg, which is where we plan to be tomorrow.
Got to the Hostel at about 11:30AM and it is very nice. Been around for awhile and now owned and operated by the original owner's granddaughter, Neville, an extremely nice and talented hostel owner. The food is delicious and she asks the guests to help out in the kitchen and elsewhere. So we had a very restful time here and while relaxing in the rocking chairs on her front porch the rain poured down ( gratefuly after our arrival). We rented a room in her main house for the night. Had a shower and did our laundry. Will be ready tomorrow after her breakfast to head out again- on to Pearisburg and more food!


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