Date: 2012-05-04
From: Frozen Knob

To: Spivey Gap
Miles today: 18.6
Weather: light rain

Laukiau, laukiau ga34aus sauletekio, bet taip ir nesulaukiau. Tik purpuriniai debesys ¡vystelejo lyg prasta imitacija pusvaland34iui ir u34geso. Nevisada pasiseka.Trys mylios iki Hogback Ridge Shelter buvo lengvos, nes dabar takas po truputi leid34iasi Sams Gap link. U34sukau ¡elterin pasipildyti vandens ir cia radau tik viena likusi haikeri vardu Dromader. Nors pats ¡elteris randasi nuo tako tik 0.1 mylios, iki vandens teko eiti dar 0.3 mylios. Taigi, pirmyn-atgal nukulniavau vos ne kilometra. Pasidomejau kas ra¡oma ¢logbook¢ knygoje ir atradau, kad Elis ra¡o eilemis, toks jis poeti¡kos prigimties yra.Sams Gap pasitiko veju ir kraptelejo keli smulkus lietaus la¡ai. Big Bald kalno ¡laitas, kuriuo kopiau visas buvo u34dengtas nepaprastai gra34iu pavasari¡ku 34iedu kilimu. Po to jau visai i¡sigiedrijo ir dangumi eme plaukti tikri sklandytoji¡ki debesys, garbanoti lyg baltos avys. Saule tai dingdavo, tai vel ry¡kiai nu¡visdavo. Vaizdas nuo vir¡unes vainikavo visa ¡ios dienos triusa. Koki pusvalandi prastovejau vir¡uneje besigeredamas puikia panorama. Bet eiti reikia toliau, nes nakvynes vieta ¡iandiena ¢ Spivey Gap stovyklaviete. iandien jau antra diena kaip nesijauciau stipriai. Greitai pavargstu ir norisi vis prisesti.  ita fiziniu jegu kaita matyt bus iki pat Damasko, kur pasiimsiu ¢laisva¢ diena poilsiui. O dabar, Arunai, 34ingsniuok kaip 34ingsniaves ir nesiskusk.Spivey Gap palapine pasistaciau toje pacioje vietoje kaip ir 2009-ais metais. Puiki vieta, nes cia pat teka upeliukas ir randasi toleliau nuo pa¡aliniu akiu. Kai jau gulejau palapineje, netoliese nakciai apsistoje kiti haikeriai, pasistate savo palapine ir sukure lau34iuka. Dar kuri laika juos girdejau bekalbancius, todel u34sikim¡au ausis kam¡tukais ir greitai nugrimzdau miegan.---|---I waited and waited for beautiful sunrise but had none. Just purple clouds like a poor imitation threw of half an hour and went out. Our efforts do not always succeed.Three miles to the Hogback Ridge Shelter were an easy walk, because now trail little by little descended toward Sams Gap. To refill water walked just 0.1 miles to the shelter where I founded only one remaining hiker - the Dromader. For water had to go another 0.3 miles. So, back and forth cruised almost one kilometer. Curious to find out what says " logbook " I discovered that Elis writes verses; he is such an artistic nature.Sams Gap greeted by wind and a few small drops of rain. Big Bald mountain slope was covered up with the incredibly beautiful vernal flower's carpet. After a while, the sky cleared, and glider¢s clouds began to float, curling like white sheep. All the hard work that day was crowned with the view from the top. I tarried there half an hour and had a superb panorama. However, I have to go further, because my place for night - Spivey Gap campsite.Today is the second day in a row I did not feel as strongly as have to, quickly get tired and want to sit still. These physical condition fluctuations seem to me will lead until Damascus, VA. Maybe, I should take a " zero " day for the rest, but for now, Arunas, walk as walked, and do not complain.Pitched tent in the same place as I did in the year 2009. The campsite at Spivey Gap is great, because there is the flowing streamlet, and the site is located further away from the stranger¢s eyes. Not long after I crawled into my tent for night, a couple of hikers pitched a tent near by. For some time, I have heard laud talking, therefore, put earplugs, and quickly went down sleeping.