Resupply is one of those tedious tasks
Falling asleep on something soft represents the opportunity for me to recharge my sleeping battery. I slept like an angel last night, it was absolutely delightful.
I was awake at 7:00AM. By the time I took a shower and relaxed some more it was time to walk the trail to the house of The Only Wanderer. TOW cooked me a delicious breakfast of cheese eggs, biscuits, ham and homefries. It was absolutely delicious. We spent the morning talking about trail related things. It seems TOW is a writer, I will be sure to read his stories onm the Damascus town website. Thanks for breakfast TOW.
I then prepared a flat rate box with roughly 3.5 pounds of gear I sent home. It included disposable cameras, rain pants, sock liners, and extra T-shirt and some other small things. It felt good to say goodbye to it all. It will be a delight to have a lighter pack leaving town. Behold the power of a flat rate box.
I then went to Sundog outfitter's to find a new pair of hiking boots and a new sleeping pad. I ended up going with Kayland boots, which were 50% off, and a Big Agnes Air Core-REM sleepinng pad. I should sleep a whole lot better now.
I then hit Mojoe's Coffee Shop for some coffee and to complete some computer chores. This consisted of checking my email, updating my journal, and reading the New York Times online.
Resupply is one of those tedious tasks that need to get done every once and a while. I am at the point where I know what I want and I know where to find it in a food store. I will be carring 4+ days of food out of town.
I once again ate dinner at Dot's and it was once again delicious. Lone Wolf says I should be OK going over Mount Rodger's in the rain on Friday, so that's what I shall do.
After dinner I had a conversation with David Miller(Awol), author of "Awol On The Appalachian Trail", and co-author of the "Appalachian Pages" guidebook, which I am carrying for my hike. We talked about the guidebook and a couple of other things, it was a nice conversation.
I was then invited to play capture the flag with some locals in the town park. It was a great game, and it was nice to interact with non-trail related citizens of Damascus. My knees decided to allow me to run today, which was helpful in the game.
I then had a phone conversation with Kinnickinic(sp?), who will slackpack me in a few days, then take me to town to complete some chores.
At around 8:15AM, I finally put my food bags together for tomorrow.
Tomorrow I will take the Virginis Creeper Trail out of town. I don't care about having a "purist" status, I have been told by some locals that I will miss nothing by not walking the AT.
Well, it is 10:31PM, so I think I shall go to sleep.
Good night, ans good luck.
Kirby
Ga>ME 2008.
