{"id":3133,"date":"2024-04-28T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-28T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/28\/day-53-pony-day-500-miles\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T23:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T23:22:09","slug":"day-53-pony-day-500-miles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/28\/day-53-pony-day-500-miles\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 53: Pony Day \/ 500 Miles!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Starting Point: Elk Garden (495.2)<\/p>\n

Ending Point: Stealth Camp (508.1)<\/p>\n
Total miles: 12.9 miles<\/div>\n
Steps: 32,484<\/div>\n
Injuries: Intercostal Strain<\/div>\n
Achievements: Mount Rogers, *** 500 Miles ***<\/b>, Fatman Squeeze, Grayson Highlands, Ponies!<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
For once, it seemed like our luck had changed.  We packed up at the usual time, but a trail angel brought us coffee.  We were expecting rain and thunderstorms.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Our goal was to first climb Mount Rogers, then enter the Grayson Highlands.  Captain Blogger was so excited to see the wild ponies.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
After much tweaking, I finally have a way to tighten my straps so my back does not hurt.  We climbed Mount Rogers in good order.  As we started our descent, we spotted some ponies in the distance.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
We started our descent further.  Kea and Sweeper were faster.  I spotted some more ponies and took Captain Blogger to them.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
There is a broken rock called Fatman Squeeze.  I’m happy to say I had no problem passing through.  The hike has been successful.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
We paused for lunch and the ponies came to us.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Starting Point: Elk Garden (495.2) Ending Point: Stealth Camp (508.1) Total miles: 12.9 miles Steps: 32,484 Injuries: Intercostal Strain Achievements: Mount Rogers, *** 500 Miles ***, Fatman Squeeze, Grayson Highlands, Ponies! For once, it seemed like our luck had changed.  We packed up at the usual time, but a trail angel brought us coffee.  We … Continue reading Day 53: Pony Day \/ 500 Miles!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-at2024"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3133"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3134,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3133\/revisions\/3134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}