Brown Mountain Shelter - Ledges Campsite (at the Priest)
Today was a big day and it felt good! I got out of camp early this morning, I slept great and had a hard time getting out of my sleeping bag so I was impressed that I was hiking by 6:45am. I knew it was going to be a big day so I wanted to get moving. The only big climb of the day was within the first 5 miles, so once I got up that I knew the day would be easier.
Once we got to elevation the terrain evened out and I felt like I was able to move pretty quickly. It's Memorial Day and we passed through some gaps with day hikers and weekends, but there was no trail magic :( A guy did give me more batteries for my headlamp, though, which was nice.
I was alone all morning and kind of bored, but when I stopped for lunch Truffles, Hangman, Pimento, and Slobber arrived and kept me company. The day got much better from there! I still hiked alone because they're faster than me, but they were all close by and we took breaks together. Green, McFly, and Pegasus all caught up and we took a nice long break at Spy Rock which was beautiful!
We finally made it to the Priest shelter to read the famed confessional logbook and it was honestly kind of a letdown - not as funny as we'd hoped.
We pushed on to the Ledges campsite and made dinner while watching the sunset. A great end to a great day, I'm beat!
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