Date: 2005-05-05
To: Damascus, VA
Miles today: 0.0
Weather: overcast clouds

I talked to Domino this morning and he is in Damascus! He arrived around 4:00 pm yesterday after a long, grueling day on sore feet. The shoe dilemma is still upon him, despite the Salomons I had delivered to Hot Springs. He said his feet were hurting terribly, while otherwise he was feeling fine. He has been keeping his journal on paper and will be mailing it to me soon so I can update here. In the meantime I've added some of the 300+ photos he sent on the last photo card. It will be a slow process, but I promise to get most of them up (hopefully before the next card arrives!!)Domino will stay in Damascus today, and then he'll head out again. He has a few options on hitching back to Damascus for Trail Days. Jeff will be meeting him on the trail sometime next week to hike with him for about two weeks.Stay tuned for more excitement and more pictures!!-DebFrom Dom's email:5/5/5 (Cool huh?)Hello all.I am in Damascus, Virginia, got here on the 4th of May. gonna spend Cinco de Mayo here and leave out tomorrow to get about 50 miles in before Jeff joins me on Monday for a week or so during his vacation. I am really looking forward to that. We'll be back here next week for Trail Days festival. Gonna do a live show with our "trail band" Wooden Maid'n (me and the Bruces).I am gonna keep this short and sweet. The most recent updates will be in next week on my trail journals page (www.trailjournals.com) with all the highs and lows of the last week or so. Some pretty exciting stuff to read too. I have been trying to keep better written notes for when I can update. So much happens out here for a simple walk in the Mtns. It is quite amazing. Already I know that I have learned much and changed for the better because of this experience. I hope that I can put a smile and some perspective on your day as well. Anyway, watch the journals site fo rthe update. Time is limited here at this library for me to even begin typing all this stuff.Thanks to all of you. Every person that follows along, every new person that signs my journal or lets me know they are out there thinking about this, means a great deal to me. When I get a package in th email drops it is an amazing feeling. You will soon see pics of some of the things I have gotten.Hello to the Parrotheads, Seminoles (yes, Gators too), Redskins, Friends, Family and those that are simply special; which you all are to me. Nice to hear from people from my High School. Oh, "HELLO JENKS, AMERICA!!!" (officially where I spent my childhood on the outskirts of the Arkansas River there near Tulsa, Okla).Way to go Laleetador, good luck on your internship. Nice to see you Candace in Asheville. Great job Krista and congrats on finishing school an your Masters. Looking forward to seeing those of you that said you were gonna join me at some point; when, where? Need to hear from you if you are still up for it. And, special thanks to Deb for everything she has done with mail drops, trail journals, putting up with my adventure and the lasting support. If you contributed to my IPod, I'd love to hear from you on Trail Journals...please let me know if you did. Thanks Jared and Deb for getting that together. Terry tell Jerry is was nice to hike with his friend, I am sure it was the scout leader that I hiked with in March from Pinellas Park. Jared please update deb so that Mom's nformation can be put on the journals site. I sent her Mother's Day card to you to get to her. Thanks.I am gonna walk a mile dedicated to my dear friend in Seminole; Terry-O's little brother, she/we lost him to a Brain aneurysm when he was 15. These are things I would have never known.Check out my 6'7 friend's-Tinkerbell- website at www.dansathike.com He is from Charlotte and helping kids in his community. I have been invited on a Kayak trip in the Roanoake River next May with his gang of hikers and such. Might have to do that, never know?I'd sure LOVE to hear from my friend DONNIE....eh hum.Take care and make a difference. On On...HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO! MUCHO CERVESAS!!!