Night hike Waffle House

One of the things hikers look forward too most is getting into a town and finding that one food item that teases there imagination while in the woods. One of my favorite places to eat is Waffle House. I say that not because it is the best food or even the cleanest establishment. I say that because it I consistent and because I am sure I have a small obsession with breakfast food.. And hash browns. So now that you know what I was after I I set the remainder of the stage. We wake up and we are something like 25 miles outside of a town (that has Waffle House). The plan is to make it to town by 5. Heat and beautiful stop along the way hinder our progress and then an early afternoon nap to escape the heat ruins said plans. By the time we reach a shelter before town it is 7 pm and town is still a healthy 9 miles away. 

Now at this point I  also have to add that 2 of our party members had never been to a Waffle House before, so the idea idea of a night hike for breakfast food and hash browns seemed like more trouble than it was worth. In the end the whole troupe packed up again and and then immediately trekked to town. All of us were in town at waffle house by 11. I don't think I have ever been so excited to see a Waffle House. Our 2 Waffle House amateurs got a tour through the hash brown toppings and loved every bit of our late night feast. Now we had only one minor flaw in our plan. Not at any point during our lusting after Waffle House did we make any plans on where we were to sleep. Only after we had finished our triple orders and began slipping into Waffle House comas did we even begin to consider what in the world we were gonna do. I paid and walked 5 steps outside and noticed that a large grass field was located right behind the building. So rather than pretend we were gonna try and get back to the woods, all 6 of us cowboy camped in a field next to a Waffle House. By far one of my most favored memories and random adventures of this trip thus far.