The best part of the day was when we approached the High Point State Park HQ, we saw a sign attached to the AT sign saying "Hiker Pancake Breakfast". It seemed to good to be true, but sure enough as we walked over to the picnic table next to the building a couple asked us if we were hungry.
Never one to look a gift meal in the face, we sat down and they proceeded to stuff us with banana pancakes, fresh made coffee and orange juice, as much as we could eat. The couple was a thru-hiker named Blue Bandana that had taken a few days off from the trail and his girlfriend. He wanted to do some trail magic before he hit the trail again. We spent about an hour with them and then he told us if we went in to the HQ and signed the guest book, they'd give us a free Pepsi! Double score.
Notice there's no pancakes here. We ate them all.
Being stuffed it was tough to hit the trail again, but we managed. We were only a few miles from the shelter, so we decided to make a side trip (in hiker lingo it's called "blue blazing") to the obelisk at the highest point in New Jersey.
From afar
We finished our hike around 4, set up camp and had some time to play some games. Now I'm waiting to eat my dinner (Spanish rice with a cheese stick melted in it) and then I'm going to crawl into my tent and read for a few hours. Damn good day.
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Glad you had such a good day. Hopefully you get a good rest tonight. Love reading about your hike and enjoying the photos.
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