Broke camp a little past 8 o'clock and headed north. The lay of the land differed a bit this morning--a pond and gravel road walking. We had our mid-morning snack atop the Rich Mountain Lookout Tower.
Because of the norovirus we are avoiding all shelters and water sources at those shelters. This makes planning our hiking days trickier. We filled up our water bottles at a spring to hold us for rest of the day at mile 288.1. We hiked extra miles so tomorrow morning we are positioned to fill up at 295.6 and again in the evening at 306.5 (there's no springs in between).
We set up camp a couple miles shy of Little Laurel Shelter. Boiled water for dinner and had a peaceful evening.
