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    LW, If there is anything we can do to help Nancy or the family, don't hesitate to ask. They've done enough for all of us...
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    Very sorry for your loss.

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    So many hikers and friends of hikers have passed away in 2016. Hope we don't have to add more to this list this year.
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    I'm very sorryfor your loss, our loss. RIP Jeff.

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    Sorry for your family's loss LW take care and prayers for all of you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grits View Post
    Sorry for your family's loss LW take care and prayers for all of you.
    just to clarify, jeff and nancy are no relation to me other than "trail family". i've known them since they opened their place. they provide an awesome service to AT walkers. and will into the future i'm sure.

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    Lone Wolf, Sorry to hear about your Father in law. I've used Jeff for shuttling many times. Great guy, great stories! He is definitely in my prayers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by l0ngterm View Post
    Lone Wolf, Sorry to hear about your Father in law. I've used Jeff for shuttling many times. Great guy, great stories! He is definitely in my prayers.
    he was not my father in law

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    Stayed with them in 2012. Great people. So sorry.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lone Wolf View Post
    he was not my father in law
    No offense LW, but if you read the original post it kind of indicates that. I can see you were just just sharing a message from someone else now that I look at it, but the confusion is understandable. Might want to edit the OP.
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    THE HIKE INN
    3204 Fontana Road
    Fontana Dam, NC 28733


    If anybody else wants to send a card.

    Also, if anyone has a link to the obit, I'd like to read it. Thanks.
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    Ahh, so sad to hear. I had the good fortune to stay with Jeff and Nancy before my Smokeys section hike in October 2011. I convinced Jeff to run a food resupply up to me at Newfound Gap (for a hefty fee) so I could lighten the load on my decrepit knees. We got comfortable with one another that evening as he showed me his extensive arrowhead collection. He showed up at the Newfound Gap parking lot an hour earlier than we had agreed as he knew I'd be early to arrive, so I only had to wait 8 minutes after a quick 5-mile walk down from the Mt. Collins Shelter. We both got a kick out of that.

    I hope that Nancy is doing well and able to adjust. It is so very sad to lose that sort of vitality, goodness and energy from the world.
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    Very sorry to hear this. All the best to Nancy and her daughters as they continue to run The Hike Inn.
    "Though I have lost the intimacy with the seasons since my hike, I retain the sense of perfect order, of graceful succession and surrender, and of the bold brilliance of fall leaves as they yield to death." - David Brill

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    I spent time with them as well. Very sorry to hear. Another very heavy smoker BTW. Why??????

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    Are they still trying to run the hike inn/shuttle now? If so I would like to support them by staying and using their service. Or is it too soon?

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    They are open. I called recently, made reservations (to stay and for shuttle). They never closed, but slowed down for a while.

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    Ok Thanks, I thought at first I was being selfish but then thought they need our support?

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    i drove by there two weekends ago---didnt stop though-----and there were a handful of cars and a few people hanging outside......

    so hopefully they can remain open and provide valuable service....

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