07.21.07
Day 25 July 10 Tue
7.6mi to Telephone Pioneers Shelter
Before we got started for the day I had to adjust Gymn’s pack. I was the last person to use it many years ago so it was still set up to fit me. It had been sliding all over him and already causing problems. I made all the adjustments as small as possible and it was still to big for him. The boy has no meat on his bones. But with some minor tweeking we got it working and off we went. His first official day on the trail.
It was a very hot day felt like it was in the 90s. Very humid, we took lots of rest stops. Stoped at Nuclear pond where we met Catch-Up and C-n-N. Gymn and I jumped in the water to cool off and he spent about 30min trying to catch some of the small fish by hand.
Gymn did very well for his first day with a pack on his back. He even kept a good sense of humor at one point asking since we are going to the Telephone Pioneers Shelter “Is there a phone at the shelter I can use?” LOL I had to explaine there was no power or phones at any of the shelters.
When we got to the shelter Catch-up and C-n-N were already there and had eaten. So Gymn and I found places for our tents behind the shelter. Set up then made dinner.