Date: 2018-05-11
From: Pine Grove State Park

To: Pine Grove State Park
Miles today: 0.0

Zero dayThe plan today was to be ready by 7:30 am so our trail angel could bring me to the post office when she dropped Wind Eagle off at the trail with her Chihuahua Romeo for some slack packing. Ambassador and I were dressed and ready with breakfast in our bellies when they pulled in to pick us up. LeAnn professionally navigated down a narrow back country gravel road to a spot where the AT crosses and she had picked Wind Eagle up at yesterday. Romeo waswhining to get his little feet out on the trail, trembling with excitement. I've never known a Chihuahua to hike but as soon as the door opened his feet hit the ground and he ran off down the trail. Back out to sheet iron roof road ( funny when the GPS says it!) we headed to Mt Holly Springs to the post office for my package from Brian with my resupply in it. The ladies there were both awesome, very friendly and helpful. I retrieved my parcel and sent my pinkie squishing trail runners back home. Next we were dropped off at the dollar store while LeAnn went to Sheetze for ice. Ambassador carries a lot of fresh food for her supply and the clerk had told LeAnn of a produce stand and farmers market down the street and we went. Ambassador bought me an apple and I picked up some asparagus to cook with my dinner. It's very exciting to have fresh fruit and vegetables. When we arrived back at the campsite we did laundry in the sink at the bathhouse with the $1 bottle of tide I scored and hung our bear lines out as clothesline. Really tacky looking but we were determined to smell and feel good for a day! The rest of the day was pretty relaxed. Ambassador went up to the ironmasters mansion hostel to get her package after 2pm, the time Jeff said the mail comes, to find that he hadn't answered the door when the mailman came in the morning and the package wasn't left because it required a signature. Upset, she asked for the notice that was left and returned to the campground to use my phone to call the post office and arrange to pick it up there tomorrow. We walked down to one area of the campground where with Verizon service you can get 1 bar. Otherwise there's no service. After 4 attempts she was finally able to confirm the package would be at the post office for her to pick up after 6:30am tomorrow. And once again our trail angels would come thru.  We had to move sites also because we were staying tonight and the campground was full. We packed it all up to move a 10th of a mile around the corner and set it all up again. Had there been any white blazes we could have called it a nero!Within minutes the campground which was nice and quiet Thursday night was filling up and kids and adults with loud voices rose well above the pleasant bird chatter and became annoying. The bathhouse which was professionally cleaned this morning was now a mess with cookies on the floor and a woman toting the liner from the back of her SUV to clean in the shower. I was READY to get back on the trail. All 4 of us wondered how we'd get to sleep. The nicity was the smell of campfires.River texted and asked if I'd take a photo of Wanda, Bill and dog Lucy for her. She'd had breakfast with these campers this morning before she left and wanted to include them in her journal. Happily they agreed and River was very happy that I'd gotten it. I'll have to send it from the store tomorrow, our drop off point, when I have access to WiFi. We went to bed at hiker midnight even though we know it will take a while to fall asleep. Storms are expected tonight.