May 28th: Lynn Camp Mtn.

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Quiet night, good sleeping, no rain, light wind warm with birds singing as we
climbed out of the bag to start the day. It was our last day for hot breakfast
and it was good. The last store was a poor excuse of a store and they didn't
even have oatmeal! After breakfast it was up Chestnut Knob for a mile. The first
1/4 mile was the worst, and then it leveled off. This shelter is unique in that it
is an entire building door and windows included. It is a bald knob, the folks
that spent the night said the sunset and rise were beautiful. Thunder rolled as
we left the knob and the skies looked threatening, time for pack covers and rain
jackets. Rain did come but only drizzle and just enough to be a nuisance. Leaving
the shelter, we were in an old farm gone wild, grass pastures, fruit trees gone
wild, and views that went on for miles. We have not been talking much with folks
on the trail lately. CC said I spent way too much time talking and we need to
walk more. We have been trying to get one day ahead of schedule so we know we will make Matt's graduation. Chestnut Knob topped out at just under 4,500'. For the next five miles we dropped down into Licking Creek. Again we walked through Rhodie tunnels off and on in the
darkness and humidity. We eventually ended up on top of Lynn Camp Mtn at 3,000'
then we ended up near O'Lystery's Pavilion on VA42. We settled into a primitive
camp for the night.
Once the tent was up I started supper. I had the stove up a little high and
the meal started to get stuck to the bottom of the pan. I grabbed the pot holder
and my spoon to do the stirring. I must not have had a real good hold on it and
our dinner ended up in a heap on the ground. Being quick handed I used the pot
lid to rescue all but the bottom 1/2" and CC told me not to go any lower. We
then used our extra meal to replace what was lost. As a side note we found no
small insects or foreign objects in our food.
Once supper was done it seemed like the human floodgate was opened. NoBo's
started packing in. Before long there were six tents setup in a sort of Hobo
jungle. The company was good and the evening thunder storm passed us by with out
any rain hitting us. The tent site we picked was quite lumpy but we slept ok. We
had hiked 12.1 miles today

Patrick, Deborah Mooney aka OD & CC
All Who Wander Are Not Lost

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