Day 52

Origin: Pearisburg, VA
Destination: Rice Field Shelter

Today's miles: 6.8
Total miles: 638.6

We kicked off the day with our standard town day breakfast of biscuit sandwiches with eggs, cheese and bacon or sausage before getting packed up.  As we were checking out, the rain started to pour, and I figured we would get soaked and stay that way for the next five days given the less than pleasant forecast.  However, it stopped after 10 minutes and the sun came out by the time we finished our short day.  Give. Magge's struggles, I wanted to maximize her rest time, so a 7 mile day following her zero seemed to be the best course of action.  Even though it was short, a steep climb to get back to the top of the ridge line made up a good chunk of the miles, and Magge did really well.  We have a 16 mile day scheduled tomorrow, so hopefully her new food regimen does the trick.

Our shelter sits at the edge of a clearing on the ridge with a great view of the valley below (pictured below).  We watched a fantastic sunset that I didn't capture with the iPad, but I did get it with our camera so it'll make its way to the website eventually (late June or July maybe).