{"id":639,"date":"2014-06-08T21:15:05","date_gmt":"2014-06-09T01:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hnatow.com\/wordpress-happytrails\/?p=639"},"modified":"2014-06-08T21:15:05","modified_gmt":"2014-06-09T01:15:05","slug":"day-54-va-607-to-buena-vista-va","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hnatow.com\/happytrails\/?p=639","title":{"rendered":"Day 54 – VA 607 to Buena Vista, VA"},"content":{"rendered":"

We woke up and hit the trail by about 7:15am. Most of the trail we covered today was pretty standard, winding through national forest areas, over small streams and creeks, and near interesting stuff. In this case we walked past the Brown Mountain Creek Community area (where some former slaves lived post-Civil war) and the Lynchburg reservoir. We got to US 60 around 11:30, where we got a shuttle to Buena Vista (after some minor shuttle shenanigans). We are staying at the Blue Dog Art Cafe, which has a small hostel in an upstairs apartment. It’s decent for a hostel.
\nThe most exciting things that happened in town today were getting my new sneakers and eating a crapton of town food. <\/p>\n

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Guess which pair has gone through 802 miles of the AT? To their credit, Nike Alvord 10 trail runners are super durable.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Destroyed. Easily. After a huge lasagna dinner.<\/p><\/div>\n

This is a short stay, as we are back on the trail tomorrow as we are pushing hard to hit the next town, Waynesboro, by Wednesday. The next couple days look pretty challenging and the weather is supposed to be stinking hot down here, so I predict I will burn off those 1200 delicious calories of dessert pretty fast.<\/p>\n

Vital stats :<\/strong>
\nMiles hiked today – 10.6
\nMilestone – 800 miles boom
\nMood – sugar comarific
\nPhysical state – sugar coma
\nSmell – Peanut Butter Fudge Core is straight oozing out of my pores
\nSong stuck in my head – Pneumonic by Jakob<\/p>\n

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