Date: 2013-06-12
From: Marble Spring Campsite

To: Glasglow Pavilion
Miles today: 7.9

"The trail reminded me of the desert because it was dusty with shards of rocks. I finally realized spider webs were going to continue to envelope me if I wanted to get up early. I'd hike and occasionally grab webs off of me. I saw the shelter down through the trees and thought no way. I couldn't be here already. I trotted on down the 50ft in front of the shelter where there was a fast moving overflowing creek. The large stepping stones that the trail clearly went on were completely underwater from all the recent rain. I wandered upstream a bit and saw several rocks out of the water. I tried crossing on the but dot halfway across and realized it was to big of a step over a deep rabid. I inched my way upstream, walking past puddled campsites. I finally found several dry rocks that were close together. The other side of the creek was brushy and rocky but I pushed through to the shelter It had taken me 10 min just to cross the creek but I was here ahead of what I thought. The shelter had a flash flood warning posted inside. Reddup showed up and also had a difficulty crossing the creek. We snacked and I scrambled up the hill to use the privy. The privy was super nice! It still smelled of fresh just cut wood and was fairly clean. It must've been built this ear. I let Redup know how awesome it was and when she went up there to take a picture for me. Awesome privies need to be documented. Reddup and I continued on exclaiming gleefully that it was flat or downhill from the shelter. Normally it is straight back up the mountain from a shelter. I quickly outpaced her running into a couple trail maintainers. They were sawing a tree that had fallen over the trail. I thanked them and hiked on. The James river was really high and muddy. The trail passed by tiny waterfalls and I saw a snake. The James River footbridge appeared in front of me. The sun was high in the sky as I crossed the longest foot use only bridge on the AT. I was headed to Glasglow to resupply and no one else was so this would be my first time hitchhiking alone. I wasn't scared, I just didn't like being alone. As I was taking a picture of the Springer mileage and Katahdin mileage, several cars pulled in and people switched cars. Cozy said she mostly asked for rides so I approached a lady in her car. She said she wasn't heading that way. There may be more to this story but the entries I have end here.Yep! the next page came in the next letterbut pointed me towards another car that might be. She was correct, the lady in the car was heading towards Glasgow. I put my stuff in the back and got in the fully air conditioned car, WHOE! that felt great! She and others just got done with a little trail maintenance. We talked a bit as she was familiar with the trail and she dropped me off at the quickmart. I wasn't quite sure what to do first as I was hungry, hot , thirsty and wanted to charge my phone so I could call my parents. I saw 2 cell phones charging on the outside so I knew there were other hikers here. I got a gatorade and saw little bear goddess. I made my way past the dinosaur and to Scotts Pizza. I ordered a sub a chips and a chocolate milkshake. I sat quietly in the back soaking up the AC. My mom told me she was coming to Glasgow to figure out how to help me and my back. So now my plan was to stay at the free glasgow pavilion with a shower. I wandered over there after finishing my food and sat and read a magazine. There was no one else here this early and it was too hot to move. I was fairly engrossed in the magazine as several people whowed up, Banjo, YNOT@K, Odie, Dr. Evil, Chief and some others. Several people took showers as I read my magazine about saling. the maritime stories were really interesting. Maybe something water related would be my next adventure. I took a shower and felt so much better now that I wasn't all sweaty and sticky. Some of us went back to Scotts for dinner or just to relax in the AC. A HUGE storm was was supposed to hit that night so I wanted to stay in the pavlion. My mom texted me she'd be there at 9:30 pm. I set my bed up inside my tient inside the pavilion. I sat on the picnic table waiting patiently for my mom and my dog. Someone made a fire and Chief played his flute with Banjo playing his banjo. It sounded so beautiful so I recorded it with my camera. I got in bed just after dark but was to excited to try to go to sleep. My mom, dog arrived at 10pm and Bailey wiggled and smiled she was so happy to see me. My mom made her bed and we all tried to go to sleep through Maily wanted to check out her surroundings. We got up early so I could pack my slackpack. Dr. Evil joined in on the slack pack opportunity and we all left at 7 for the trail.