Julie and I are hiking the Appalachian Trail in the US from Springer Mt, Georgia, to Mt Katahdin, Maine, in the north, a distance of almost 2,200 miles (3,540 km). Our journey will start in early May 2023 and is expected to take about five months. We will be mostly camping, carrying 3-5 days of supplies to get us between resupply points, where we will be staying in hostels/hotels/motels where we can. I hiked the entire Appalachian Trail back in 1986 so it will be interesting to see how much has changed and how much it has stayed the same.

Appalachian Trail - Day 053 - Lexington Day Off.

Day: 053

Date: Friday, 16 June 2023

Start:  Long Mountain Wayside (AT Mile 809.1) but staying in Lexington

Finish:  Long Mountain Wayside (AT Mile 809.1) but staying in Lexington

Daily Kilometres:  0

GPX Track:  Click here for Julie’s Strava & Photos from.her run/walk around Lexington.

Total Kilometres:  1363.4

Weather:  Mild and mostly sunny.

Accommodation:  Motel

Nutrition:

  Breakfast:  Cereal, biscuits & jam/Biscuits & sausage, biscuits & jam.

  Lunch:  Mexicali subs

  Dinner:  Bacon cheeseburger & fries, thickshake.

Aches:  Nothing to report.

Highlight:  None really.

Lowlight:  None really.

Pictures: No pictures today.

Map and Position: Click here for Google Map

Journal:

A very lazy day off the trail for us (and well-earned).

We had a sleep-in and then took advantage, we thought, of the motel's "complimentary hot buffet breakfast" which was less than stellar with a very limited offering.  We were regretting not walking across the road to the Waffle House, but won't make the same mistake tomorrow morning.

After breakfast, while Dave did some admin and watched TV, Julie went for a run/walk into Lexington along a local trail, passing through the storied Virginia Military Institute (VMI …. Google it) en route.  In town she stopped at the outdoor store and bought a few bits of gear we need before returning to our motel via Subway where she bought us some lunch.

We just hung around in the motel room for the afternoon, with Julie looking increasingly bored.

Later we walked half a mile to a Dairy Queen restaurant to buy dinner which we ate back in our room.

Back on the trail tomorrow.

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