Best day ever!

Ok, pretty decent anyway. A $500 day for sure. The day started at 5:30am on top of the mountain. I awoke to a really strong wind and that wasn't going to work for the coffee fire. So I rallied Hummingbird out of the tent for a quick pack up in the dark. We had camped on a bald so the star viewing was pretty awesome too.

By 6:14, we were heading down the mountain. Less than a mile into it we found the perfect coffee spot. Two Starbucks instant Via cooked along with some mashed potatoes and we were back on the trail. Our goal for the day was to be our highest mileage to date at over 23.  We knew this would be aggressive since we were heading into the wild ponies in the Grayson Highland State Park. Meaning, cool stuff will slow us down. And it did!  We both agreed that this was about the coolest day yet. Almost immediately upon entering the park, we encountered a herd of ponies. This was only the sunrise start as the vistas were getting better and better as the day went.

The day also marked a line in the season. Seemed that all of the leaves come down in the wind. Lois completely different out here.

The day could be summarized as being the one with most pictures per mile. Even with the coffee break, the ponies, lunch time fire for the spaghetti, we hit 21 miles for our 4th biggest day.