Date: 2017-04-27
From: Humpback Mountain

To: Rt 250 and the Blue Ridge Parkway; Waynesboro
Miles today: 11.9
Weather: overcast clouds

So today was a strange day. I got off to a good start walking well and was making my way towards Wainsborough without any issues at all. I called the Inn at Afton where my box was sent to make sure they had it and they told me they had no box . They told me to check the Wainsborough post office. I called them and they also told me they had mailbox. So I was not very happy and I got impatient with the walk. I finally reached the Blue Ridge Parkway and I could see the Inn at Afton and the girl told me that at 3 o'clock the regular person would be in and maybe they knew where the box was. So I stopped at a popcorn stand and got two cokes and a hotdog because I didn't think my stomach could handle popcorn right now. While sitting there a guy came up and got in line wearing some very interesting boots. I commented to him about them and he said they matched his vintage motorcycle which was a 45-year-old Harley shovel head. I asked him where he was going and he said he was going to Oley Pennsylvania . Can you believe that? Only a few miles from my home and here I was running into him at the junction of the Blue Ridge Parkway and skyline Drive. I must also admit that I recognized this intersection of roads from years back when I took my young family and our exchange student Juan Cebolla on a road trip and we passed through this area. I recognized it while waiting for my hotdog a gentleman offered me a ride into Waynesboro. This seems to be a regular thing that people from Wainsborough give hikers rides for free into town. This guy not only waited for me he drove me up to the in at Afton and waited for me while I checked on the box which wasn't there he then took me to an outfitter where I got stove gas and electric lights then he took me to the post office in Waynesboro still no box. Then he took me show me the laundromat show me a good place to eat showed me the grocery store and then he took me to the YMCA. They offer hikers free showers and soap and towel so I got a shower and put on clean socks clean shirt and not clean pants. I packed my gear and headed towards the laundromat. On the way I came across a shoe repair shop a cobbler . Because the one strap on my pack is starting to separate which I haven't told anybody about and I stitched with some fish line I figured I would go in and ask him if he could help me. Not only did he help me but I bought a beautiful pair of boots from him cowboy boots which I hear is shipping to my home and I also Learned that he was a musician who made it significant portion of his money through royalties when other people decide to perform his songs and record his songs. We had a very nice conversation and he also gave me a big needle and some wax thread to fix my pack should begin to separate more. Over to the laundromat where I wash my clothes and headed over for a good meal across the street. I'm still at the laundromat allowing my phone headlamp and power source to fully charge which they're not doing. I'm also waiting for this brief thunderstorm to pass so that I can head over to the field behind the Y where they offer free camping for hikers . I didn't even make it to the grocery store yet and I think I left my polls either in the Y or at the cobbler shop which gives me some concern but I'm 90% sure there with the cobbler and he opens at 9 AM tomorrow. So I spent half day on the trail half-day in Wainsborough and I'm going to go grab some food I will have totally different food because my Dropbox never made it to Wainsborough for the end at Afton forfeited make it there I hope somebody enjoyed the food. I have to say I met some very very nice people including the guy working in the laundromat clearing the woman who waited on me at the restaurant colluding the cobbler colluding the guy behind the desk in the Y including the shadow man pretty much everyone. I kind of wish my drop box for to come through I was looking forward to that cigar. Lucky for me I have a half a Cuban Romeo and Juliet that a guy in Hot Springs North Carolina gave me. I've been carrying that cigar long way. I'm sure with this humid areas or smoke nice. I hope you're all doing well And I love you all.