AT Happiness: A Fast Day
After forty days on the trail I finally feel like I’m getting the hang of this whole thru-hiking thing. Today was an easy day, I had planned to do a ten mile slack pack (hike with only a day pack) today but as I mentioned in my last post, I tweaked my left knee. So instead of ten miles my first slack pack was a four miler.
I move slow, always have but after forty two days on the trail I know I’ve become a stronger, faster hiker. Today was an interesting test of that theory.
The trail only had a few hundred feet of climbing and a small downhill run. Pre-hike I would have done the hike at about 2.5 miles per hour, about an hour and forty five minutes.
Relaxing tonight at the Mountain Harbour B&B
However today, with a sore knee and just strolling along, I did it in an hour and fifteen minutes, a three mile an hour pace. Apparently I have gotten a bit faster and that made for a happy day – Rev Kane
The Ministry of Happiness 
Rev Kane, Aquaman here from Raleigh NC. Snookie and I met you on the descent from Hump Mountain taking pictures at Doll Flats at the NC/TN line. We had a lunch snack under arock overhang just before you made it into Mountain Harbour B& B/Hiker Hostel. We made it in and showered at the hostel before heading to Bobs Dairyland for lunch and then home. I hope you enjoyed the B & B room which looks like was the same one we stayed in before our section hike.That breakfast was awesome right?! It was great meeting you. Enjoying your website and hope to follow your blog onward to Katahdin. Blessings and peace be with you. Enjoy the trek!
Aquaman, sorry I didn’t see this sooner. Enjoyed meeting both of you, thanks for the kind words and the follow. Mountain Harbour is the best. ~ Rev Kane