Date: 2005-05-02
From: Miss Janets for one more night

To: I don't know yet-Maybe here or the trail!
Miles today: 0.0

Hey All!I am here at Miss Janets and I am contemplating taking another zero which could allow me to completely heal up and be ready to go tomorrow afresh. I am in no hurry because Trail Days in Damascus in on the 13th and I will already be arriving early and hiking through and hitching back and so I am in no hurry which is definitely a great thing while hiking. I wole up early this morning and got to help with breakfast by doing various chores like breaking three dozen eggs eggs for breakfast, and I learned what an awesome task it is for Miss Janet to cook nearly twenty breakfasts each morning...There is not twenty people that stay here, but since she is so nice, she cooks for people who stay elsewhere and lets them eat here too! During breakfast we talked about how we got our trail names and It was cool to find out how people get names like wookie and thirsty and pete and noonen. (Pete was a joke.) Afterwards I got my stuff ready and chilled a little at the house after grabbing my maildrop from the PO and getting it ready.I called stephanie and took care of my drop for damascus also. then Saxy, Redbeard, Zen, and Panaramic walked in and after calling some people for miss janet, I went to lunch with them and found my next calling(I'm half serious about the following, but once I get started on a challenge, you all know how I can get)... I was reading about Scott Williamson who did the first yo-yo hike of the 2600 mile PCT last year, for a total of 5200 miles. A yo-yo hike is doing the whole trail, and turning around and doing again back to where you started. I realized that I should do a thru yo-yo hike of the CDT next year, which would be nearly 6200 miles. The CDT is one rough bad boy of a trail at around 3100 miles and since it isn't all marked and maintained some it requires bushwacking and trailblazing. Running through the deserts of new mexico, all the way to canada, one encounters terrain from killing heat to freezing cold and snow. Anyone who could yo-yo this thing would be in the books for good!.But for now, I am contemplating staying at miss janets for another night and helping out instead of paying since she is wonderful enough to allow it. If I get on the trail, I'll only do a few miles, but the more i linger, the more I think I am staying another night to rejuvinate myself. I am so psyched about this thing. More to come later!I am having a blast, and learning about myself too, this trail in only one month,has changed me for the better, and the costs are extremely high, but so are the rewards. This is an amazing rollercoaster, and I am learning how to adapt to any situation to ultimately achieve a goal. So many people dropped out today and yesterday and this week it is shocking. I am learning valuable lessons.Take it easy everyone!PS-Keep my ambitions to do a yo-yo of the CDT under wraps and only discuss amongst close knit circles! I don't want the word spreading! (just kidding, -or am I ?!?!...)   OKAY!-HERE IS AN UPDATE!!!It is now later on Monday!Breaking News!I am now staying here for another night. I feel at ease with the decision. I am happy.Take it easy everyone!PLEASE READ THIS!I just found out that one of my good friends from out here, Mr. Fusion, who's real name is Dennis, has recently lost a relative and he has had to leave the trail temporarily for the funeral. Please keep him in your prayers and his relative as well. I hope he is doing OK.