Date: 2009-06-06
From: Pearisburg (Catholic hostel)

To: Pearisburg (Catholic hostel)
Miles today: 0.0

What a crap nights sleep .6 of the 7 hikers thought it was great to stay up till #am playing cards & dribbling shit .I just wanted sleep & rest & got nothing. Then they went to bed & snored there heads off JUST WONDERFUL.WELLi just had to reply in kind & made as much noise as possible Bang doors twice ETC ETC packed up my bounce box with photos as well. some of my photos are just fabulous Charlie Bunion is my pick of the bunch. had breakfast & set off to town about 1 1/2/ hr walk . got to the P.O. but did not open till 10 am . decided to have another breakfast @ marsha cafe . bumped into Mauri Bob & we had breakfast together. Mauri bob is a really lovel bloke . he has peace & harmony in his spirit.Whilst sitting having breakfast Phoenix rising miles & another hiker joined us.. Also sitting by himself was BOB the afro/american blackfella that i met at the laundry the night before.paid my bill& got talking to bob. He is an old bloke(77)but there is something special about BOB LEES. I asked him what his plans were for the day. he had to go & fix his bike & vacuum cleaner in another town about 30 miles away.I invited myself along to join him in his day which he did not mind at all. company for the day.I had to send off my bounce box so i told bob i would be back soon. The p.o was busy took me 30 mins When i got back to marshas cafe BOB was having a snooze at the table. bob still rides his mountain bike around sings in a church choirplays tennis mows lawns & is retired from govt health dept. We had a meeting of minds & spirit . We stopped at a servo for coffee so bob would not fall asleep at the wheel (GREAT). finally got to town (christianburgh) where Virginia Tech colleges are .Put the bike in for repair a tube had to be replaced. BOB went for a pee & came back & told me the Aussies are playing Qatar in the soccer . We had lunch & watched the soccer, This is the first event ive watched of any sort ive seen from Aust. in 2 months.A drawn game lunch was finished , next we are off to a friends shop to pay a bill.Ed was a lovely old man who gave me some southern hospitality peach moonshineI accepted his gift but cannot take it back to the church hostel(against the rules)plus i dont drink spirits.next on the list was his best friend . lovely couple who had to be in church in 15 mins I told bob it would be good to go to church. So off we went to church. The gospel service was to honour Dr tiffany Anderson for her love & effort & difference she has made to her community. Im the only white face in church. Im honoured to be BOBs special guest. God touches &comes to us in so many ways. Today he came throw BOB in his love & kindness. Ive never experienced an afro/american gospel service . The choirs & the music is very moving. there is one outstanding singer REGINA . Her voice passion & strength gave me goose bumps right down to my litte toes.She was amazing. at the reception i meet Regina & talked very openly with her ,Also spoke to Dr anderson as well.The service was held at the Schaeffer Memorial baptist church Christianburgh Virginia It is also where Bob has been a member of the congregation for 45 years.After the service we headed off to another of bobs friends VERNON . had my first beer & a glass of wine . We stayed about an hour then we left BOB dropped me off at walmart as i hd to resupply . Ive had the most amazing day out with a BIG THANK YOU to BOB LEES. During the day we have talked about love hatred apathied slavery the KKK god Obama world affairs& personal affairs. The end of an amazing day for me. Got back to the hostel to be greeted by goucha david acer & 2 other others.