We woke up to a winter wonderland this morning, as forecast it snowed overnight. We're right by the side of a creek, it looks so pretty in the snow. It carried on snowing for a bit in the morning then stopped for a few hours but came down heavy again in the afternoon. We got a good 4-5 inches of snow.
We had a very lazy day in the dry amd warm, cozied up on the sofa with a blanket watching dvd's. Cooked scrambled eggs on toast for breakfast, salad and mini pizza for lunch, philly cheese steak and salad for tea - not a lot of choice from the shop to accompany our salad but at least we're getting a bit of healthy food in us!
It is due to get bitterly cold overnight, down to -12°C/10°F at 3000ft, but forecast a clear sunny day again tomorrow, however still very very cold and not getting above freezing until the afternoon . We'll have to see what the conditions are in the morning, but should be back out hiking. We have action plans A- E in force!
Plan A, hike 17.5 miles to Vandeventer shelter as originally planned.
Plan B, hike 10.3 miles to Watauga Lake shelter.
Plan C, hike 8.6 miles to US321 road, get a ride into Hampton 2.6 miles away, find accommodation there for the night.
Plan D, hike 2.2 miles plus 1 mile down a side trail into Hampton, find accommodation there for the night.
Plan E, stay put another night!
We had a lovely and very restful, proper rest day and feel totally refreshed. It helped being in the middle of nowhere and we couldn't go into Hampton again because the steep winding road down to the town was impassible with the snow. The previous two rest days we've had in towns we ended up wandering around the town, so were not as restful.
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