Hiked to Hawk Mountain Shelter on the 12th. It rained again. Longest we’ve hiked so far. 5.7 Miles. On the way to the shelter we passed a campsite with alot of trash thrown around. Off and Gig checked it out and found 4 cans of tuna, a can of spam, and 2 cans of string beans. Some poor guy tried to hike with canned food and decided it was too heavy. Another blessing from God.
Got to the shelter around 20:00. The place was packed. The only campsite was right across from the privy. We set up in the rain and ate our new found food and went to bed.
On the morning of the 13th we were still soaked and it was still raining. We got a fire going and roamed the campground looking for things other hikers had left behind. We found the canned man’s campsite. He had left a cast iron frying pan, a huge coleman propane stove, a sleeping bag, a hat, 2 jars of beef and chicken bouillon cubes, and a pair of sunglasses.
So, we got the stove lit, cleaned the frying pan and had a big breakfast of fried spam and eggs.
We decided to stay that night to stay warm by the fire. We were the only people able to start a fire. We shared the fire with a few water logged hikers. Off and Gig walked five miles to get the rest of the canned man’s food and we ate another huge rice, salami, corn, carrot, rice, and canned ham dinner.
I pray that God blesses the canned man and allows him to come back to the trail again; better prepared. He was a Blessing to us.
Want to bed wet and cold, but our stomachs were stuffed.
Johnny & Viki 