Date: 2013-03-23
From: Peck's Corner Shelter

To: Cosby Knob Shelter
Miles today: 12.9
Weather: overcast clouds

The 23rd was another pretty day, but there were more climbs and more fog so the day went by a little quicker. There was still heavy snow on the ground and I enjoyed reading the messages written to other hikers in the snow. Mostly names, but occasionally signs pointing north to Maine, or quotes like " All you need is love." There was also a game of tic tac toe. Hikers are pretty limited in their ability to communicate with each other, and besides the shelter registers messages in the snow are some of the best ways to see who is ahead of you. From the registers we learned that Brice finally got a trail name: Not A Bear! At Cosby Knob Shelter where we stopped for the night we found 7 spring breakers from Kalamazoo, Michigan. We drilled them on everything from who they had seen ( they are hiking south) to what they were having for dinner. They told us they had seen Joe the Hiker the day before and he had hiked something like 25 miles to Standing Bear Hostel. The 23rd was another pretty day, but there were more climbs and more fog so the day went by a little quicker. There was still heavy snow on the ground and I enjoyed reading the messages written to other hikers in the snow. Mostly names, but occasionally signs pointing north to Maine, or quotes like " All you need is love." There was also a game of tic tac toe. Hikers are pretty limited in their ability to communicate with each other, and besides the shelter registers messages in the snow are some of the best ways to see who is ahead of you. From the registers we learned that Brice finally got a trail name: Not A Bear! At Cosby Knob Shelter where we stopped for the night we found 7 spring breakers from Kalamazoo, Michigan. We drilled them on everything from who they had seen ( they are hiking south) to what they were having for dinner. They told us they had seen Joe the Hiker the day before and he had hiked something like 25 miles to Standing Bear Hostel. We were all impressed. We were equally impressed by the smorgasbord of foods which the spring breakers prepared. They saut©ed onions and garlic and made sweet potatoes and rice. I felt a little guilty for maybe staring too hard at their food. A few other thru hikers showed up as well: Grrrr, from CT( teaching us all sign language); Firehands and Kat, from New Jersey; and Chase, a yo-yo'er from Virginia. We all exchanged snacks with each other and split up some treats given to us from some extremely nice weekenders and Firehands gave us a Pabst Blue Ribbon! This was an amazing gift, as Firehands had carried that 12 oz can for many miles over countless summits. Grrrr told us some nice stories around the fire and I went to bed pretty early. With so many people in the shelter there wasn't much room to hang out and relax by the fire. were all impressed. We were equally impressed by the smorgasbord of foods which the spring breakers prepared. They saut©ed onions and garlic and made sweet potatoes and rice. I felt a little guilty for maybe staring too hard at their food. A few other thru hikers showed up as well: Grrrr, from CT( teaching us all sign language); Firehands and Kat, from New Jersey; and Chase, a yo-yo'er from Virginia. We all exchanged snacks with each other and split up some treats given to us from some extremely nice weekenders and Firehands gave us a Pabst Blue Ribbon! This was an amazing gift, as Firehands had carried that 12 oz can for many miles over countless summits. Grrrr told us some nice stories around the fire and I went to bed pretty early. With so many people in the shelter there wasn't much room to hang out and relax by the fire.