0 miles
Our makeshift campsite on Round Bald. |
The next morning we had to make ourselves wait until a
decent hour to call Mr. Terry to come pick us up. We painstakingly packed up the tent and gear
and walked back the 1 mile or so to Carver’s Gap. When we got cell phone service we called and
thankfully, Mr. Terry was coming to Carver’s Gap anyway so he could pick us
up. It was a sunny morning and we
snapped a few pictures from Round Bald as we went, just in case we didn’t have
this beautiful weather next time we came.
As we waited miserably for Terry to get there at 9:30 we talked to a
couple of guys who had camped right beside the bathrooms/parking area at
Carver’s Gap. Too bad we didn’t see
those campsites the night before. I
would have been forced to use one of them even if we don’t like camping close
to the road.
Trekking back to Carver's Gap to get a ride. |
Could it be
that we had contracted the dreaded Norovirus?
It had been talked about a lot this year on the trail and lots of people
have suffered with it between Hot Springs and Erwin. It is so famous, that someone evidently held
a private ceremony for it under a tree.
The view from Round Bald. |
We dragged ourselves up the stairs at the hostel and fell
into the wonderful king size bed in our semi-private room. We slept most of the day. Other hikers came and went in the common room
and we heard them, but didn’t see too many folks for the rest of the day.
We were able to keep down soup and crackers a little later
in the day, but had no appetite for anything else. We called Mr. Terry and told him that we
would not be needing a shuttle the next morning. We were too weak to hike.
A look at Carver's Gap from Round Bald. |
No comments:
Post a Comment