Tonight I am tenting in town

Today was a day where I really had no idea where I was going to end up at the end.

My orginal intention was to stay at the shelter five miles out of town, allowinf me to walk in tomorrow morning. So much for that plan.

The walk today, in comparison to the last two days, was fairly easy. There was the unsual assemblance or rocks and more rocks, but it smoothed out significantly after the cut off to the Humpback Rocks.

I arrived at the shelter around 12:00PM. After lunch I determined it was too early to stop, and Cookie was dead set on making it to Waynesboro, VA, so off we went.

We arrived at US 250 at 2:10PM and proceeded to hitch into Waynesboro.

In town we got some tenting spots at the YMCA tenting sites. After showers at the Y we walked up to Kroger(grocery store for you northerners), where I proceeded to buy a half gallon of ice cream and eat 3/4 of it in one sitting. I did, however, fail in my attempt to eat the whole thing in one sitting.

After a little lounging around, I went to the chinese restaraunt for the all you can eat dinner buffet.

Tonight I am tenting in town. Tomorrow morning I shall move over to the Tree Streets Inn, where I am staying courtesy of the Appalachian Pages.

My morale is a whole lot higher now. Towns are good at revitalizing one's spirit.

I shall zero tomorrow, much needed in my humble opinion. I need to hit the Post Office Monday morning. I shall hike out early Monday afternoon.

Time to read and relax.

Good night, and good luck.

Kirby

PS: I took a nasty fall today, hard enough to draw blood. There was a nice view though, so as I screamed in pain I had a nice view of the Virginia valley.

Ga>ME 2008.