Date: 2012-05-30
From: South River Picnic Grounds

To: Luray, VA
Miles today: 0.0

SOS decided to zero today although Pitchit wanted to hike or at least not stop SOS from hiking. So we all checked out of Bob's Country View Motel and went on down the road. We stopped in Harrisonburg and visited the United Methodist church which had beautiful stained glass windows. Next Anne and I visited the Quilt Museum while the guys rested on the porch. There were beautiful quilts with some dating to the Civil War. On to lunch at Dave's Taverna where we ate on the roof and all had food we enjoyed...yummy Greek tomato soup! We went to the visitors center for the second time (the first time there were dozens of school kids and we couldn't see the Civil War film that we wanted to see). We enjoyed the well done short film which showed troop movement to explain the battles in the area. Anne and I visited the library which rated my first 10!!! It was inviting, had lots of posted information, had friendly helpful people, seating areas for resting/reading, and a wonderful children's section. A great children's section is a must to get a 10! We talked to one librarian who explained that part of the building had been a furniture store which had been remodeled to fit the library needs. That helped with the rating because I love it when people reuse buildings instead of tearing them down. So Shanti, if you are reading this, visit a number 10 in Harrisonburg, VA! We left town and headed for our next "home" which is Luray, VA. We stopped in New Market where we thought we were going to a state historic site but it turned out to be a "battlefield" museum with all the huge collection owned by one man. It was very well marked. (see comments on picture above). We found rooms (with our coupons) at Best Western...they have a new feature that we hadn't encountered before...sterilized remote controls!!!!!!!! Who knew??? :-) Road Name of the Day: WIT'S END ROAD ... so do you have to be.... to live on this road????? Just wondering...:-) Rog was filmed a few days ago by a man making a documentary about thru hikers. It is on youtube if you want to see him go to youtube.com/user/kookiemoose Click on the AT thru hiker trailer...it is only about 4 minutes long but there he is!!SOS here:I did not hike today and it was good. Hiking so many miles in x period of time is what is required but the journey and enjoying the journey is what it is about. Katahdin is my goal, but it is not my reason for hiking.If you become obsessed with the miles you will miss the journey of sharing the hiking with others. We, Trail Mama and I, are part of a thru hiking family that is moving North. We become very close to those with whom we are sharing the journey. We love sharing those new found hiking friends with those who come and hike with us from home. We love that Pitchit and Anne, our sons Josh and Jeff, our daughter Megan, our son-in-law Jon, "Noisy Rod, "Buck" amd Nick have hiked along beside me and we love them meeting our hiking friends.We miss them when they leave and It will be tough to hike tomorrow without "Pitchit" and sometimes Anne hiking with me over the last week. So say a prayer for me when you read this. We have a goal for us to reach Harpers Ferry WV by Wednesday of next week - pray for us that we make that goal. Remember I am hiking to reach Katahdin but my goal is to change young lives by securing pledges per mile hiked for UMC Camps in Indiana. Please pledge by going to rightfuture,org.