8/11/1999 ~ Stewart Hollow Leanto (7 AT miles hiked)

Short day -- spent some time in Kent. I found a solar shower at the outfitters for $2, so I didn't have to get a very expensive hotel room after all. I had a salad and a beer and did laundry too. I'm tenting on a bed of conifer needles, and I'm definitely into that.  The bugs are appalling here, but with the river nearby it's quite peaceful.  And it's blissfully flat.

It's not that I don't usually try and tent somewhere flat, but most spots are not perfectly so.