Date: 2013-04-19
From: Wood Hole Hostel

To: Pearisburg, VA
Miles today: 10.0
Weather: moderate rain

hello everyone! its been a while since ive gotten to do an entry because im very behind on my other tasks such as my personal journal, writing letters, and working on gifts for friends. Today was a good day, we woke up at the hostel just in time in breakfast. today breakfast was cinna buns, cheesy grits, and eggs. it was a tasty breafast. we have started our meals by joingin hands and sharing something we are thankful for. we were expecting a big rain storm today so the owner offered to take our gear into town since she was already going in for some suplies, so we didnt have to carry all of our stuff and get soaking wet. we had an easy ten miles to do so we got truckin, at the hostel i found two more sticks i fell in love with and decided i needed to take with me, so now i have 3 sticks im carrying. yes its more wait but i dont mind, i like my sticks. my foot still had its pain but i talked to my dad and got some advice on what to do when i got to town to make it feel better. ive had my shoes this whole trip, 630 miles. id say thats pretty good but its definitely time to retire these bad boys and get new ones. i cant until daleville so i will make my shoes last 80 more miles. the hike was fairly easy today, an the rain didnt really come, there were clouds and little rain showers but thats about it, luckly. we got into town around noon and started walking up the hill to our motel. we havent had any luck before hitching but we try anyway. were walking up the hill with our thumbs out, a few cars passed us by, then this guy in a truck stopped! asked us where we were heading, told us to hop in the back and we got a ride into town! our first successful hitch! we checked into our motel and caribou had his package waiting for him. we now have a trail guitar! were gonna jam every night and i got my harmonica so now the trip is getting a whole lot more musical. we took the rest of the day pretty easy and went out to dinner with our trail family. ive decided to stop spending so much money in towns so i was going to skip dinner, but everyone said they wouldnt eat without me so they bought me dinner, which was very nice. hoosier had sprained his ankle and has to spend a few days in town. sparks is on a time limit so he has to keep going on without hoosier, which they decided was better for the both of them. we had also decided to take a zero just to give my foot a bit of rest. this was our last night with sparks so we had to say our goobyes earlier than we thought. it was a bit emotional. he has become an important person to me and it was sad to have to split up. but we have shared some very good times and had wonderful converstaion. so overall it was okay. after that we went back to our room got a shower and made our way down to the game room at the other motel and played pool with rash,his girlfriend,and Mot. that was a very good time. eventually we made our way to bed. today was overall a very good day, easy hikin and short. but im ready to get out of towns. im getting kind of tired of spending to much time in them, but it has been very good for the both of us to spend time with our trail family. it will most likely start splitting up from here, but we will remember eachother forever and remember our amazing times. dovetail. when the sun shines, i shine. even when the sun doesnt shine i find a way to shine.smile, live longer