Day 16 its not about the miles just about the smiles

The day started out pretty chilly. But I got a few quick miles in. Then i walked across a little bridge and met a local guy going for a hike. This was also where the trail took a detour and would miss the hot springs. But this guy gordon told me how to get there still. So I had to walk on some dirt roads and was almost run off by dirt bikes jeeps and ATVs. But finally after walking down many different roads with twists and turns I got to Bradford ridge trail that took me right back to the hot spring. It was a tough steep trail but so worth it. The creek (deep creek. Had two hot pools, with one two hot and one just right and then the cold water from the creek became a deep pool right next to it. It was a gift from god. On a day that my thermometer got to 110 in the sun, this was so needed. I met some really nice people who are not particularly fast but tons of fun. I camped near them. There names are Rev booger and backyard booty. Backyard booty hiked the AT in '07. So even though I only got 17 miles in today it was still probably my favorite day! By the way the hot spring was clothing optional and let's just say the wrong people went with the optional option.