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Tavern there, closed but gas station attendant got me candy bars to help tide me over to town. Told me couple at shelter so I camped on mtn top.
Kept fire and slept fairly well.  Dreamt I was fixing house roof which kept getting higher. Told myself, jump, you'll wake anyway
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Stopped for breakfast several miles on. Found strawberries which are tough obstacle, worse than greenbriars. 
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Crossed skyline several times, arrived Elkwallow still closed, dissapointed for I am running out of ration  Am saving ingredients for one meal at evening.  will eat three candy bars for lunch. About 1:30 came to rock above overlook on Hogback Mtn. Took pic of Shenandoah river
   Also end of mtn. Crossed skyline to LO and took pic back over Blue Ridge, showing peak at Skyland. highest in Park.
Cross Skyline last time two miles on passed