A day in Hot Springs was both relaxing and strenuous, certainly nothing that I could expect. Town certainly offered its respite, but I was forced to scramble to get my laundry and resupply done before fulfilling my work-for-stay contract. For the exchange of my $28 stay, I spent four hours of manual labor removing two tree sumps, digging trenches and tilling soil. I was rewarded with a plethora of food and a raging sunburn. The evening settled into a relaxing ambiance as my companions and I chatted with the gregarious Elmer himself and enjoyed the companionship of peanut butter cookies.
Today the hiking journey is complicated by my sunburn and the indulgences I saturated from town. It certainly is hard walking away with the extra weight.
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