Date: 2011-09-24
From: Doyle Hotel in Duncannon, PA

To: Doyle Hotel in duncannon, PA
Miles today: 0.0
Weather: overcast clouds

9/24/2011Time:  DISTANCE TRAVELED:  0 Miles FROM/TO:  I did not go anywhere today. Silly me! What was I thinking! WEATHER:  The weather was a bit humid and partly cloudy, with a 30% chance of rain tonight. MEALS:  I woke up several times during the night last night. I drank 20 oz. of water with a fruit-flavored drink mix in it. I ate some Cheez-It snack crackers, but didn¢t like them, so I gave them to the other hiker I¢m bunking with in the morning. I also had some peanut butter.  At daybreak, I went in search of breakfast, but the only place open was a Mini-Mart. I picked up a one liter bottle of Pepsi, two Honey Buns, and a pint of ice cream. Yes!  I ate it all, too!  For lunch I had a chicken fried steak sandwich on garlic toast, and drank four Cokes and three bitch beers with that. At dinnertime, I had four glasses of red wine, a New York Strip steak, macaroni and cheese, sweet peas, and a glass of water.  Later, in my room, I snacked on peanut butter and some cheese, along with Pepsi to drink. ROAD/TRAIL CONDITIONS:  The Trail was good, I hope. I didn¢t see it or hike on it today. SHELTER USED/SLEEPING QUARTERS:  I¢m spending another night in the same bed as last night, in the Doyle Hotel. PEOPLE MET, HIKED WITH OR SEEN:  I didn¢t hike today, but some sobo¢s I passed on the Trail made it into town today. They all hiked out, though, so I¢m the only sobo thru-hiker at the Doyle tonight. ANIMALS SEEN:  I¢ve seen no animals today. MONEY SPENT OR SAVED:  I¢ve spent $80 today between mail, more food at the Doyle, more food from the store, and a battery pack that can charge my phones, mp3 player, and Nook. MAIN CONCERN OF THE DAY:  Today, all I tried to do was rest and relax. I did a good job at it, too! I feel well-rested as I write this. SPECIAL NOTES:  No special notes today. I read most of the day. SUMMARY FOR THE DAY:  Well, after a late night . . . . no, I went to bed around 8:30 or so last night. Some of the other sobo¢s got rowdy, so around 1:00 a.m. I got up and said something to them. I woke up when Fire Walker was packing up to go, but I laid in bed another hour or so before I went out looking for breakfast and stopped at the Mini-Mart. After eating, I laid back down. About 9:00 a.m., I got up, adjusted my pack, stripped my bed, and packed everything up because I thought I was supposed to move to another room - from a double to a single since Fire Walker, who I had bunked with, had checked out. But, as it ended up, I was to stay in the same room as the night before. So I had to re-make my bunk and settle back in.  I hung out in the bar the rest of the afternoon, reading and playing on the Internet. I did walk with some other sobo¢s to the grocery store, where I picked up some stuff I didn¢t need. But then I returned to the bar in the Doyle, and continued to read and surf the ¢Net. I waited until after 6:00 p.m. to order dinner. A few couples having dinner there were seated near me for a while, and we talked about the Trail. Later, there was a hiking group there who had met on the AT years ago and now get together every year. I enjoyed eavesdropping on some of their stories as they told them.  I had Facebook on my Nook, and a book by Bill Cosby in my hand . . . and I wasn¢t moving. I was sitting still, and not on my feet. I feel weary, but my body feels rested. If I get a good night¢s sleep tonight, then I¢ll be ready to get back on the Trail in the morning. Ready or not, I¢ll be out there.  So I¢m off to read for a bit, and then I¢m off to bed. Talk at y¢all later. ¢Night.