Day: 062
Date: Sunday, 25 June 2023
Start: Chester Gap (AT Mile 972.1) but staying at Front Royal.
Finish: Chester Gap (AT Mile 972.1) but staying at Front Royal.
Daily Kilometres: 0
GPX Track: Click here for Julie’s Strava & Photos from our walk around town today.
Total Kilometres: 1636.0
Weather: Warm, humid and sunny.
Accommodation: Motel
Nutrition:
Breakfast: Macca's big breakfast
Lunch: Turkey & bacon rolls
Dinner: Chimichangas, rice & beans/Carnitas, rice & beans.
Aches: Nothing new.
Highlight: None really.
Lowlight: None really.
Pictures: Click here
Map and Position: Click here for Google Map
Journal:
Our day was spent relaxing, drying gear out, planning, eating and resupplying. We rose late, walked to the nearby McDonald's for breakfast and then planned our next couple of weeks hiking.
After lunch, we walked up to the town's outdoor store on a very warm sunny and humid day and bought a few things we needed along with some new boots for Dave.
It's a long story, but Dave's new boots from a few weeks ago were half a size smaller (11.5 vs 12.0) because he felt his feet were slipping around inside the previous boots (which had to be replaced because they were old and the sole was starting to separate from the upper). Anyway, it seems that he needs size 12, given heel blisters and hammered big toes, and the store today just happened to have some, which he bought. Same brand, Lowa, though different model. Fingers crossed!
In the evening, we walked down to a Mexican restaurant for a very tasty (and big) dinner then finished our resupplying at the adjacent supermarket before returning to our motel.
We had been toying with having a second day off here, to let Dave's feet and, more generally, his body recover. Finally, however, we decided that now he has the new boots and the heel has had some rest, to return to the trail tomorrow.
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