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SAT. MORNING MAY 3, 2008 LINDA, MY WIFE, DROPPED DON PADGETT AND I OFF AT THE BIG CREEK RANGER STATION @ 1030-1100. WE LEFT THE RANGER STATION AND LINDA AND HER MOM, MARIA, HEADED BACK TO FRANKLIN N.C. IN MY TRUCK. THE VERY FIRST DECISION DON AND I MADE WAS IN THE WRONG DIRECTION ABOUT A 1/4 MILE. WE TURNED AROUND WENT BACK TO THE RANGER STATION AND STARTED OUR TREK TO THE A.T. FROM THE RANGER STATION TO THE A.T. WAS 1.9 MILES UP HILL ALL THE WAY. THEN WE WALKED DOWN HILL .9 MILES TO DAVENPORT GAP SHELTER. OUR 1ST NIGHTS HOTEL. DAVENPORT GAP SHELTER, NO PRIVY. WE WALKED 3.3 MILES THE FIRST DAY, WE HAD TO STAY AT DAVENPORT GAP BECAUSE OF RESERVATION @ COSBY KNOB SHELTER WERE FULL. WE ARRIVED AT DAVENPORT GAP SHELTER AND ATE DINNER BY 5:00 PM. THIS WAS OUR FIRST MEAL ON THE TRAIL. ONLY DAVENPORT GAP SHELTER HAD A BEAR FENCE, BECAUSE IT HAD NO BEAR CABLES TO HANG FOOD FROM.
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