Date: 2006-05-24
From: pearrisburg

To: campsite
Miles today: 8.2
Weather: scattered clouds

can you say pizze hut buffet! buffet stands for: (Blatimore jacks) big ugly fat f**ks eating togetherMine beautiful, unique, fantastic, friends, eating, togetherlife is how you look at it i guess!It feels great to be on the trail! i can not believe how happy i am! And for the 1st time ever i am hiking with out pain! even the crazy hill we had to climb in the super hot weather was fine.. because my feet don't hurt! We had a late start after lunch, and wild turkey boys wanting to watch baseball and sucking us in too! We had and amazing sunset with singlemalt, donkey love, scarecrow, hot springs and natty boh. I am trying to catch 42 yet again who left last night! Lush's brother is here so i think they will take it slow and we can get him.tonight after we went to bed we kept hearing something in the woods around us. We finally saw its big yellow eyes! ahhh its a deer! we are safe again. Did i mention that my feet don't hurt, and how happy i am?this is the entry that was here that i put in before i left from the hotel:5/24hi all! i was going to try to update some of my other days, but this computer is awful! so i guess it will be another short and out of order entry. I got so much out of trail days! it was amazing to see so many people and find out what has been going on with everyone! feng shui, too much, enuff, sundance, cool hand, tec, miss janet, baltimore jack, slick b, mo, ponch, dangerzone, and so so many more. Thank god for jeff at MRO who sat with me and figured out that neels gap did mess up on my whole boot thing, giving me the wrong size super feet and boots, so i got new super feet. I hope that this will solve the problems i have been having with blisters, bleeding and burning on the arched of my feet, and maybe if a mircle happens my 2nd toe will not be in constant pain after 1 hour of hiking everyday. I must say that if i can hike and not be in serious pain, it would add to the joy of all of this and i could stay on a couple more weeks. I know i said i would only stay on one more, but i figured since i am going into debt anyway and missing my friend may's departure from seattle i should try to get as far as i can for a few more weeks. Plus now i am back with 42 yahooo!!! having my girl back is great! it seemed like we had so much to tell eachother, and i am really looking forward to hiking with her again. Sleeper waited for me too, so now i have 42, lush, sleeper, natty boh, merlin, cheeto and puffy nipples, bud, carnivor, jukebox, and single malt is not too far behind either! yipee... a mix of my old and new trail family. it should be great! can i make it 1/2 way? who knows. but so many people were really excited to hear the news that i was staying on the trail. of course even more so now they all keep telling me i am coming to maine. but really i do not have the money to do it so i will be off in a few weeks at the most! back in seattle by the end of june and that is final! plus i have some music festivals to go to in july and august! Hardcore was also great. i helped carry wood and roofing 1 1/2 miles to the shelter site, and watched them build some of it, and the next day the crew built 1500 feet of trail. i helped build stairs and got to paint a white blaze! it really makes you realize what went into building this trail 2174 miles of what it took 100 people 5 hours to do 1500 feet! and i think i am more sore from trail work than i am from the trail! Bob Peoples is an amazing man! and this was pretty well organized for a volunteer program! it was amazing. Ok i am off for the trail today. i will really try to do a better update next stop (it will take me 3 hours or more!) there is so much to tell. virginia has been amazing, hiking with sleeper has been even better! i am really looking forward to the weeks ahead. much love and light