Date: 2005-10-12
To: Erwin, TN (Carver's Gap, TN on the trail)
Miles today: 0.0
Weather: light rain

Zero miles todayMiss Janet'sErwin, TnCarver's Gap, Tn on the trail I fell asleep early last night and slept great, but I still woke up feeling like I had been hit in the head with a shovel. Life off the trail is so hard. :-))) I went out to the kitchen and put a pot of coffee on, then went back to bed and finished journaling. I was the only hiker at Miss Janet's last night so I had the bunkroom all to myself. Now I can't say that I've never slept at Miss Janet's. I've been over to her house probably 25 times, but either slept on tne trail, a motel or if I had my truck, I would pull into her back yard and sleep in the truck, but never inside before because it's usually too busy for me. The morning came around slowly with Autumn waking up first, then Miss Janet. I'm not sure whether Kaitlin stayed here or not. I didn't see her this morning. Cedar came over and needed a shuttle. He brought a few breakfast sandwiches, so I had one of those before he left. When Miss Janet took him on the shuttle, I went through more stuff in my truck and tried to get organized, then went to get the oil changed in the truck. I stopped by the library to check my other email address because Miss Janet's computer is down for the count right now. When Miss Janet got back, we went up and ate lunch at a Chinese place, then came back to the house. I was still tired, so I layed down and took a nap. I'm really glad that I decided to take one more zero before I start walking again tomorrow because I needed the rest. I think I slept for about 2 hours. Miss Janet was also taking a nap, so I went up to the grocery store and resupplied for the trail and bought stuff for dinner. I came back and started packing up for tomorrow. I can't believe how much stuff there is to do when you catch up to your bounce box and now I have my bounce box and all the stuff in my truck to go through. It will be good to get back out in the woods where life is easy. :-))) All I have to do is wake up, make my coffee and eat breakfast and follow the white blazes all day. Miss Janet finally woke up and walked to the doorway of the bunkroom and just stood there quietly. I was busy with my pack and when I looked up, I jumped. She scared the heck out of me. I had been the only one in the house awake for several hours and I didn't hear her get up. Those hiker get togethers are really tough on us hikers. It takes a few days to recouperate afterwards. Miss Janet took the vegetables I brought back from the store and put them on top of the salmon and baked everything together. It turned out great. Her daughters decided to go to a movie before coming home, so it was just Miss Janet and me for dinner. It's so different here when the nobos are coming through. It was nice being able to just sit and talk to Miss Janet over dinner. She got a call on the phone as we were finishing our dinners, so I did the dishes and cleaned up some around the kitchen. I looked at my watch when I was done and couldn't believe it was 10:30pm already. I was thinking it was around 8 or 8:30. Since I'm walking tomorrow, I decided to turn in and try and get some rest. I haven't walked in a week, so tomorrow may be an interesting day for me. :-))) One good thing though, at least me and all my stuff are finally dry from that night Moosie left me to fend for myself out in the hard, torrential rains up in Hanover, NH.