Date: 2013-05-29
From: Woods Hole Hostel

To: Hotel
Miles today: 10.4

Cozy bailey and I hiked together the whole day. We had fun chatting because the terrain was fairly easy I had learned She's a Cristian too so it was real nice swapping stories and prayers and answers to prayers. We stopped for a snack at the view under the powerline, which would have been a real nice picture except for the powerlines. Bailey seems to really like cozy and was getting used to her. We leap frogged storytime and each time Bailey didn't remember him. Cozy got a good picture of me and Bailey on a rock overlooking a view. Redup, slow-n-steady and Ynot2k appeared up the mtn. They were slackpacking south. As Cozy and I descended the steep downhill we wondered how and why they made it up or why they were going south. It was super steep in parts and my legs hurt for them. We were told by the hostel that the first road to cross was residential and better for hitchhiking. We ended up walking the mile to Pearisburg. We saw Aviator and firebird at Dairy Queen so w stopped by to say hi. A lady didn't want her sundae so she offered it to cozy and I. We gladly accepted. the tiny sundae was just what we we needed after the hot hike down the asphalt. Aviator left at 1 to continue on up the mtn. I have no idea how she left in the heat of the day. Cozy and I went to the Holiday Motor Lodge to get a room. The first room's AC didn't work so we waited 30 min to switch rooms. I was getting hungry as we sat around, waiting for our room to be ready because I wanted to leave Bailey and my stuff. We finally went to Dairy Queen and were joined by firebird and a slightly annoying guy. Firebird was debating leaving but it was so hot out. I ordered 2 chile dogs and a midnight truffle blizzard. It was soo delicious and satisfying in the heat. Cozy and I returned to our room and just sat for a while doing nothing. We knew we needed to get groceries but we were just tired and wanted to relax. We finally wandered over to food lion. I had to buy dog food so we put our in a small cart and rolled it up the hill back to our hotel. The hardware store where I could buy fuel was closed so I just bought Heat from the gas station. (heat is gasline antifreeze and is just alcohol)We went back to Dairy Queen again for dinner which I thought was awesome. I ordered a cheeseburger and another blizzard double fudge chocolate chip cookie dough. I was Happy. DQ ice cream twice in one day! I came back from dinner to find Bailey curled up on the bed amongst my groceries. She looked super adorable, especially because she though she was in trouble. I organized my food and my food bag wouldn't close because I bought Pringles. I tried packing my food multiple ways but ultimately I put the pringles in the side mesh of my pack. I slept great in a nice soft bed with Bailey at my feet. My parents were trying to figure out how best to get me my new REI Flash 52 internal frame pack. They didn't want to interfere with my hike so they were going to try to meet me on a road along the way. I was in a hotel now with cell service but once I got to the woods I wasn't sure if I could communicate. I prayed it would all work out somehow. My pack was super heavy leaving Pearisburg as I was carrying some of Baileys food and some water for her in case we didn't come across any. I ate at DQ for breakfast but this time I didn't get ice cream just 2 sausage biscuits. We'd found a shuttle back to the trailhead so Cozy, Redup and I loaded up at 8:35.