(Daily Mi: 17.6) Somewhat grim day. Just walking up and down endless not insubtantial hills. Brother still behind me. The Sobos from last night well ahead.

The Blue Ridge really is quite pretty, the near mountains. And I shouldn't sell the vistas short. But sometimes when they say 'gap' they mean 'gap', and the shelter is deep in one. Daylight is starting to leave early and goes even faster at the bottom of a depression. I have to work for my water and struggle to tune NPR to catch the evening news on my headset.<br />