Date: 2006-10-19
From: trimpi shelter

To: the village motel....atkins, va
Miles today: 22.2
Weather: clear sky

======2003====== monday, april 7, day 45(a.m.)it¢s pouring rain!....managed to get dressed and out to the cathole, however (old privy is torn down)... thank heaven for umbrellas!.....have just finished reading about the crucifixion of Jesus....breaks my heart every time.....turbo asked me last night about the greeting i always sign the registers with : ¢xaipnrn¢....i gave him the short version : ¢it basically means, ¢REJOICE¢!¢....but i¢m thinkin¢ easter might be a good time to write a little something of an explanation about this strange greek word somewhere in one of the registers*.......guess we¢ll eat cold power porridge this a.m.....(blah!)....we¢re on daylight savings time now, so , though it¢s already 7:30, nobody¢s movin¢.....it¢s hard to think of getting¢ out in this.....i pray we¢ll stay warm*...the camp we¢re supposed to stay at tonight doesn¢t have a shelter, so it could be a little tricky getting¢ warm and dry.....the Lord has promised to be with us, though, and i¢m trustin¢ that promise!(no p.m. entry)======2006====== tuesday, march 28, day 45 (19 miles from laurel creek to jenny knob shelter)left at 6:15 this a.m. and got in at 2:30....we hiked fast over LONG ridges that had no water.....it was supposed to rain today....(we had a few sprinkles early on)....but it actually turned out to be a beautiful day!....warm..sunny....big white ¢florida¢ clouds!...i continue to be amazed at these wonderful ¢weather blessings¢!....(so different from ¢03!)we are at the jenny knob shelter .......a father (brian) and son (nick?) came by briefly and asked (ha ha) if i was ¢jenny¢.....though this shelter DID feel very much like ¢home¢ to me, i laughed and said ,no... jenny was at the knob..........they are from nashville....it¢s spring break for the young son....we were so happy to be able to find water here.....(apparently, so was everyone else who had signed the register back in the fall....seems this place has a reputation for drying up)......many who signed weren¢t thinking so much about THIRST, however, as they seemed to be thinking about HUNGER! .... the burger at ¢trent¢s¢ on 606 seemed to be lauded as a very ¢delicious¢ topic in the log......some guy, however left some pretty offensive, rather ¢unpalatable¢ words about Jesus......i myself signed in with psalm 63 (which is all about hungering and thirsting after God)....that¢s where i wanna be.....paw-ee¢s walkin¢ around right now tryin¢ to stay awake since it¢s only 6:00....but we¢ll be settling down soon.....we¢re very tired!....paw had a really sweet dream early this a.m. that he told me about.....he said he thought he was in the ¢New Jerusalem¢ and there was a big ¢wedding¢ celebration going on!....he said he could see beautiful bride¢s maids laughing and chatting....and his uncle odell was there....and his cousin buddy (who is deceased)......everyone was celebrating as they walked around the ¢city¢...he said he could see that many people had beautiful goblets of wine.......but paw was the ¢host¢!.....said he ordered pizza! ha ha!....(guess he had it on his mind!)....speaking of food, we had a really good supper tonight.....¢beefy cheese¢ macaroni!*......very good!....there was a very lovely, quaint little valley accompanying the long ridge today....hope my knees will hold up for another 19 tomorrow!......no one is here right now....but maybe rubin will be in later....hope we rest well....we¢re really lookin¢ forward to pearisburg!*NOTES/OBSERVATIONS/COMPARISONS------*writing in the shelter registers......it¢s one of the great remaining american freedoms!..... yes.... ¢freedom of speech¢ abounds on the AT....and so does tolerance!.....it makes me very proud to be part of the hiking community!*staying warm.....i guess if anyone were to ask me what my biggest fears were on our thruhike, one would have to have been hypothermia....it takes a while to learn the skills of staying warm.....one learns to work WITH the weather....not fight it!* ¢beefy cheese¢ macaroni......another homemade dish....it was beef flavored/smoky tofu and a nutritional yeast ¢cheese¢ sauce that we added to macaroni....yum!....very hearty and ¢cheddar-y¢!