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Another one of the Virginia ridge walks. Two ridges today. The first one with great views for a change. Between the ridges: Trail magic by Allan, who cooked hot dogs for hikers. Met Smokey Bear again (after Warrens), who is supporting the mom with 13 kids on trail. Also met Bubbles and Mississippi, who we

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Leftover cheesecake for breakfast, then Tulsa drove us back to the trailhead. Was an exceptional stay at HBs. Today 18 miles over two ridges. Got trail magic in the first one, so the climb up the second one was a breeze. Passed a burnt down section, did talk to one of the Nomads for a

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Woke up in HBs barn, decided to accept the offer to stay for another day and take a zero then and there. Planned to do nothing important, took a short shopping tour into town with Tulsa, then sat on the porch for several hours doing absolutely nothing. That’s the life. Got another home made dinner

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Great breakfast again in Woods Hole. Got a shuttle back to town from Honey Bun and slackpacked out from Pearisburg. Another ridge walk without water up top, but with great views sprinkled in. Met a lot of SOBO slackpackers today, including Mimi. Thunderstorm started right at the descent; basically ran down the mountain. Did the

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Woods Hole is so awesome, we decided not to spend the next night in Pearisburg, but to extend the stay. Even got Buckeye Boy into the hostel vortex. What initially was just a means to avoid the dry stretch on the ridge turned out to be an exceptionally vibey place. Breakfast was one of the

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