April 6th - Day 33 - Mountaineer Falls to Kincora
Even though all the people at the shelter last night were hikers, I sometimes get un-easy around large groups of people I don't know. Most morning are chaos when there are this many people in a shelter, so I try an get up and out early. I get up this morning around 5:30, Turtle is the only other hiker up . Turtle is a gruff older gentleman enjoying a smoke and an early breakfast, he hikes by the slow and steady method, but we are about covering the same miles everyday.

I eat and am hiking my 7. Dan and Live are the next I see. We hike 16 miles by 1:30pm, it must have been pretty smooth or downhill. Kincora is a legendary hostel in its last year. Bob Peoples is the owner and a true hero of the AT. Bob takes us 9 miles out to,Watauga Lake, the next road crossing and Live, Dan. and I slackpack back and stay at Kincora. The same crowd as last night is here at Kincora tonight. With small groups of hikers here, its takes the form of a house party. The kind of party where you sit around talking and elevating legs. A community meal is made in the kitchenette area of the hostel. Good times are had by all.

I don't have very many pictures from hiking today, so here is Neil Young and Booker T.