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90 mile hike starting 7 miles west of Jones Lake and going to Holly Shelter Game Lands entrance. Passed by multiple "bays", state parks and forests. 

3/28/2023
Met trail angel Carl at 9 o’clock at White Lake Marina. He took me to my starting point and I started hiking at 9:23. Made it to Jones lake at 1:30. Missed turn walked an additional 1.5 miles, forest ranger lady helped me find my way back to Bull turn. Got water at church. Found a bottle of water on the road stealth camping in Bladen state forest.

3/29/2023
Rained in night, poncho did great but condensation was bad. Sleeping bag got damp. I tossed and turned didn’t sleep a lot woke up at the light and was hiking by 730. Got to truck at 9am. Did a few things for clients on the computer packed up my food and went to the laundry mat to dry my sleeping bag. Walked to a restaurant and had a hamburger and french fries took pictures of white lake then hike to Singletary state park. Very pretty walk through the pind forest legs were really tired and sore. The lake was beautiful. Spent time at the park headquarters resting in rehydrating hiked 1.7 miles to Ricky Smith house (first house on right) where he filled up my water bottles, and gave me a sprite. I hiked another couple miles and stealth camping again.

3/30/2023
Much colder last night slept better than the previous night. Up and hiking by 7:23 AM. Hiked 8.7 miles to Kelly. Eat lunch and walked down to Kelly Historical Museum where I dried out my tent and sleeping bag and got water. Hiked 9 miles to Canetuck Missionary Baptist Church where I filled up with water. Hiked  200 yards past and stealth camping in the woods was a hot afternoon, lots of family graveyards today. Have lots of food left over I need to eat and not buy things from stores. A lady gave me some blackberries today.

3/31/2023
Not a bad night sleep. Up and left at 7:30 after getting water at the church. Got to Moores Creek battlefield around 12:30 PM after 10 miles, had an older black man talk to me a while on the walk. He was very nice. It was very desolate today very little cell coverage , my legs were tired from yesterday. Took a two hour break at the battlefield. After leaving battlefield, a sign said take a right, but it was supposed to be a left turn. I emailed MST headquarters and told them about it. walked 5 1/2 miles to a grocery store only to find out it was closed and had been for over 10 years neighbor beside it gave me water I hiked another mile or so, and found a campsite near a swamp and field. I did over 18 miles today.

4/01/2023
Up and off at 7:15am. Walked 1 mile to convenience store. They were serving hot breakfast,  got sausage, egg and cheese. Biscuit ate and headed the 10 miles to Burgaw hot and humid today. windy, legs were tired. Brenda at the bed-and-breakfast said they would not be home until 7 PM. I arrived at 2:45 and went to the fire station and got water and use bathroom. They had a wall full of patches of each first responder around the world and nation. I told him I would try to send them one of Summerfield fire department. (I did in May) Walked through downtown went to a pizza place and ate. Thunderstorm came up and it poured in lightning after it quit got back on the trail. Hiked an additional 7 miles and Ross and Brenda pick me up around 7:45 PM. They took me back to the bed-and-breakfast. I had a bowl of cereal, took a shower washed clothes and went to bed.

4/02/2023
They cooked bacon and eggs and took me back to the trail where they picked me up. I started at 10 AM and walked 8 miles arriving at 3 o’clock. 90 miles in six days. Knees getting tighter as the day got longer. Glad for a short day on last day.

Looking back I would not carried that much food. New Hyperlite pack did good and poncho tent did fine, need mosquito netting. Knees really hurting after. Later, found out my right knee was out of alignment. Chiriopratic put it back inline but only after a couple months of hurting and hobbling around and trying different treatments.