Date: 2003-05-26
From: Sugar Run Gap

To: Blacksburg, VA
Miles today: 0.0

It was 8:30 when I woke up this morning, I couldn¢t believe it. Up to this point I¢ve always been up at 6:30 or 7:00 then had to make myself go back to sleep to get up at that time. The bed is sucking me in. It¢s going to be so hard to go back to my Ridgerest. I think I could have slept even later if it wasn¢t for the fact that I had to use the bathroom. Came downstairs and had 2 bowls of cereal and ad English muffin for breakfast. LOST DOG: One Golden Retriever that is hiking the AT, is very friendly and answers to the name of Dylan. While I was eating, Ben called to tell us that Dylan ran off in the middle of the night so he and Two Dog are going out to look for him and that if we still wanted to hike he will drop us off. Christie and I decided we would stay in town and look for Dylan. I guess since it was raining last night they put the dogs in the carport at Ben¢s and at some point Dylan ran off. I hope we can find him because he doesn¢t have a collar on. Poor Two Dog!! Must go find Dylan. More later. Dylan has been found!! When we got over to Ben¢s the 6 of us split up into 2 cars and bombarded the town with flyers of the missing Dylan. Two Dog went to Kinko¢s and made 500 copies of the posters that were made by Ben¢s parents. We hung a good portion of them but nowhere near 500. Christie, Chuck and I got back to Ben¢s around 2:30 or 3:00 and found out that he had been found about a half hour earlier. I guess Two Dog had been out in the neighborhood and one of the neighbors told her he¢d seen the dog. So she stood on the side of the street and saw someone hanging up a flyer across from where she had hung hers. As he was driving past he stopped and they exchanged info. He happened to be hanging a poster of a found dog (Dylan). Turns out he found Dylan running down the street at 2 am and took him home with him. Dylan was well taken care of because the guy fed him and let him sleep in his bed. I think Dylan was enjoying being pampered. So our lost dog is no longer lost. After all that, we all went to lunch at Macdos, a sandwich place. Had a light lunch because it was kind of late and we had to be back to Christie¢s for dinner at 6:00. Christie, Chuck and I came back here to hang out while the other 3 went to Wal Mart and some other places. I¢ve just been hanging out in the kitchen chatting with Beth (Christie¢s Mom) and Chuck while Christie plays the piano. She¢s very good. Who is Pushing up Daisies? Well, the first time I met her was at Trail Days through Smokey. I guess they had been hiking together for a few days. Then the next time I met her was at Partnership Shelter. When we were talking about slacking she asked if she could go with us. Ben told her if there was room in the cars then it shouldn¢t be a problem. Tow Dog had been talking to her and thought she was cool so we thought it would be okay. We thought it would be good to meet someone new and hang out with them for a few days. Not so true. We are all a bit frustrated, she¢s not mixing in with us too well. It¢s mainly because we are a pretty laid back group and she¢s someone who likes to have a schedule. Hopefully, she¢ll start to blend with us soon. When the others finally came back from the store we had dinner. Beef Stroganoff, salad, asparagus with Hollandaise sauce, and rolls. Dessert was a chocolate cream pie. After dinner we all just sat around talking.