I did, however, break a stool in my room today

Rest and relaxation are good for the soul. Walking zero miles is wonderful for the body and brain. Today, I got both.

Today I was focused on getting all my town chores done as soon as possible, the more time I have for nothing the better.

I had waffles for breakfast at Elmer's, which were wonderful. Elmer and his staff are wonderful cooks.

I then walked the trail to the outfitters, where I resupplied on food for the next few days, I also purchased a platypus to replace my old one.

After resupply I did a whole lot of nothing. I had lunch at the Smoky Mountain Diner.

At 1PM I was at the library to update my journal. It took me two hours to add 13 days of entries. I also notified my dad that the journal existed.

The rest of the day was spent relaxing and killing time until dinner. I enjoy doing nothing, it does wonders for the morale.

Dinner was once again supurb. I have never left Elmer's table hungry. Thank you once again Elmer.

I did, however, break a stool in my room today. I thought it was a sitting stool, but it was not. Luckily, when I went to tell Elme what happened, Cookie was in the room. Using his crafty engineering, we have managed to fix the table. I do feel terrible about it though. Elmer is a wonderful man, and I regert adding something to his already full plate.

Tomorrow I shall hit trail, most likely 12 miles to the first shelter out of town.

It is now time to rest and relax some more.

And that's the way it was.

Kirby

Ga>ME 2008.