

When we got the next shelter to eat breakfast, we found something else really amazing. A 4th grade class had "adopted" the shelter and left a water-proof box of "Appalachian Trail Activity books" - the cutest thing ever. It was handmade, and full of facts about NC, as well as jokes, handmade mazes, and word finds. They also had a bulletin board where they had provided water qualify graphs and charts, and we were relieved to find out that the spring there was in fact a good source of water.


We headed on down the trail after lunch, and came upon Amtrak, who was waiting for a shuttle into town right where the road met the trail. All of a sudden, a car pulled up, and a cute, bubbly, redhead jumped out and yelled, 'Are you guys thru-hiking to Maine?' We yelled, "yes," and she said, "Do you want some cake?" We yelled, "yes," again! I said, 'Are you Gingersnap?' And she said that yes, she was. So glad we got to meet our very own trail angel. She had 3 bags of cake - it looked like she had made 3 different 13x9 cakes, cut them in squares, and then put them all in ziploc bags. She said she comes once a week to resupply her box that we found hanging up in the tree. I took her picture with Keith and Amtrak.


- Steady and F100
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