Saturday, August 23, 2014

Day 63, July 17, 2014

Zero.

I slept in til 10 or so and went fly fishing all day. Boiling Springs, PA is known for it's world-renowned trout waters. I caught a knotty head, small brim and an 12-14 inch brown. The brown trout was an exhilarating fight for about five minutes! Another neat thing was that there were raspberries  everywhere along the trout stream. I got my belly full!

I Took a bike down to Kerns grocery. The ATC let me borrow a bike to ride a mile. The chocolate milk, fried chicken and yogurt were amazing. I didn't have my pack and didn't think about a spoon for the yogurt. I used my chicken wing bone as a spoon. That is just part of being a thru hiker :). Use whatcha got!

I called it an early day around 8 p.m. and got some rest.

Oh yeah, the train definitely awoke me several times throughout the night, but I loved it. Also, my ankles and feet were able to get some amazing therapy in the 53+ degree trout water. It felt like I was icing my legs all day :)!


Knotty head.


Huge trout feeding in the clean spring water.


Raspberries!


Nice brown trout.


Take 2. 


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