Date: 2012-05-12
From: Damascus

To: Damascus
Miles today: 0.0
Weather: overcast clouds

05/12/12 (¡e¡tadienis) 0.0 ¢ 466.9 Damascus - Damascus, VALabai nekantravau pasiimti savo siuntini, todel jau be dvide¡imt devynios mind34iukavau ties pa¡to durimis. Tikrai busiu pirmas.  viete saule ir nuotaika buvo puiki, tik tas nekantravimo kirminas vis raitesi viduje, u34go34damas visas kitas mintis. Dieve, kaip yra svarbu gauti siuntini nuo mylimo 34mogaus.¢Atsisveikinau¢ su savo sena avalyne, o kad liktu prisiminimas, nufotografavau abi poras. O taip, seni ir nutriu¡e nukeliavo pasaulio ¡iuk¡lynan, o nauji dabar blizga ant koju. Senieji bateliai laike apie 600 myliu, i¡ kuriu apie ¡imta ¢ 34iemos pasivaik¡ciojime po Smokus. Papra¡iau Rimos kad nupirktu tokius pacius sekanciam siuntiniui i Harpers Ferry.Su siuntiniu atejo ir 5 uncijom (140 gramu) lengvesne Marmot Super Mica striuke. Taigi, a¡ ¢i¡verciau¢ kaili: i¡ raudono respublikono pasidariau melynu demokratu (aliuzija i Amerikos pagrindiniu politiniu partiju spalvas).Kadangi pa¡tas ¡iandien u34sidare vienuolikta, tai namo savo daiktus i¡siunciau per Outfiteri: labai patogi paslauga. Cia dirbantys 34mones yra super nuo¡irdus, paslaugus ir visada pasistengs tau padeti.Dar, tiesa, ¡iek tiek apie Hot Shot. Jis vaikinas Damasko Place pasirode ryte ir nieko nelaukdamas nukure pa¡tan, nes buvo likes tik pusvalandis. Jis irgi gavo siuntini. Galvojau kad apsistos Place nakciai, taciau ka34kur apie 4-5 dienos jis sumaste patraukti toliau iki Saunders shelterio, besirandancio u34 de¡imt myliu. Sakau, ok a¡ tave ¡iek tiek palydesiu ir tuo paciu pasi¡nekesime. Einame, ¡nekames... 12iuriu kad jo viena trek lazda be angalio. Klausiu, ar tu taip ir eisi. Sako, eisiu. Klausyk 34mogau, sakau, tu turi susitvarkyti savo lazdas dabar, nes artimiausias outfiteris bus tik u34 kokiu 350 myliu. I¡ prad34iu jis ¡iek tiek spyriojosi, taciau pagaliau a¡ itikinau ji. Netrukus jis jau ¡vytravo su naujais lazdu antgaliais. Atsisveikinau su Hot Shot: jis patrauke toliau link Saunders, i¡nykdamas vakaro sutemose, o a¡ pasukau atgal link Place. Daugiau a¡ jo nebemaciau. Tik, kai jau gri34au laimingas namo, su34inojau kad jis taip pat ikope i Katadina. Man dar reikia susipirkti maisto sekanciam keliones etapui. Kaip smagu yra eiti su naujais batais...---|---I honestly could not wait to pick up the package, and at least twenty to nine I was step dancing in front of Post Office¢s door. Definitely I will be the first. The sun was shining, and the mood was great, but the impatience worm still meandered inside overhauling all other thoughts. God, how it is important to get a package from a loved one."Said good-bye" to old shoes, but for the memory, took a photo of the two pairs. Oh yes, old and dingy traveled to the world dump, now shiny and new is on the feet. Old shoes held about 600 miles, of which about a hundred ¢ a winter walking in the Smokeys. Asked Rima to buy the same shoes online for the next parcel to Harpers Ferry.In the same parcel came Marmot Super Mica jacket 5 ounces (140 grams) lighter than Rab Momentus. So, I "changed" the coat: from red Republican to a blue Democrat (an allusion to America's major political parties colors).As the Post today has closed at the eleventh, I¢ve sent home all unnecessary items via Outfiter: very friendly service. People here are super welcoming and always helpful.Little bit about Hot Shot. In the morning, he appeared in Damascus and without waiting dashed off to Post Office because it was only half an hour remaining. He also received the parcel. I thought he gonna stay in Place for the night, but somewhere around at 4-5 afternoons he took of for next ten miles of the trail further. I said, ok, I am going to accompany you a little and at the same time to talk. Walking, chating ...Then I looked that one of his trek pole is missing the carbide tip. You do not go without tip I asked, do you? He nodded. Listen man, I tell you, you have to manage your staff right now because the next outfitter will be only 350 miles away. At first he's little ruffled, but eventually I convinced him to replace both carbide tips on his trek poles. Said good-bye to the Hot Shot: he drew further toward Saunders and soon disappeared in the evening dusk, and I turned back towards Place. I've never seen him more. Only when I went home happy after finishing my journey, I learned that he had also climbed Katahdin.I still need to buy food for the next stage of the journey. How fun it is to walk with the new shoes...