When Kathy and I go out on one of our little section hikes we use our tent. That way we can socialize at the shelter, when we feel like it, but escape to our tent when we want to. As for the registers they are entertaining. There's occasionally useful information about things like location of hornets nests or other obstacles or good places to eat in an upcoming town, but usually just meaningless drivel.
Anything that's said, or done on the trail I take with a grain of salt, as the saying goes.
Anything that's said, or done on the trail I take with a grain of salt, as the saying goes.