Date: 2010-04-24
From: Uncle Johnnys hostel

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Miles today: 0.0

Woke up early and packed my bag. It started raining and I was paranoid about getting my stuff together before it got wet. As soon as I had told someone it was raining, it stopped. They took off running to get their stuff together. We're pretty careful to keep those tents dry. When they're wet, it's unnecessary weight on our backs. Ate oatmeal and talked to Fog. People are slack-packing to Iron Mtn. Gap. Drank coffee and got the weather report. Calling for evening thunderstorms. Hail!Decided to take my first official, complete day off. A real "O" day! Ate granola and Bare-naked Candy bars. Probably drank a half gallon of instant milk from the hiker box.Spring Kat showed up! So excited to see each other! It's been days. He's doing so much better! His feet have improved a lot. I think he was pretty happy to see me. Backwards and Conan showed up just as we were leaving to go to town! They're staying at the Super 8. They made the front page in the paper for their hometown! I told them to get a copy and carry it with them. They might get free/extra stuff if they show their credentials.Last night "Bob" and Banx kept everyone up running their mouths and talking loud. The train blowing it's horn at 3, 3:30, 4, 4:30 didn't help either.Dry Clean, Studmuffin, and the guy that wears the Goofy hat (the disney character) decided to take the bikes to town for resupply and lunch. I went with them. My bike squeaked so loud! I looked retarded. It was a kids bike! Haha! The pizza buffet was great again! They restaurant opened 10 minutes early just for us. We could chose what toppings we wanted for at least an hour. I actually could eat large amounts of food this time. I guess my stomach had shrunk a little. We watched Fox news and were shocked at the crap we were seeing. This is a crazy world. I can't believe anyone would watch that channel. Dry Clean fell asleep at the table! Haha! I talked for a while with Conan and Backwards, until I started getting restless. I left to go back to the hostel on the bike. The gang needed to resupply at the grocery store. So I left without them. I found out later that Studmuffin's bike didn't have any breaks. He didn't realize it until going back to the hostel. It's all downhill! I passed Cumquat and Captain Radish on the way back. Radish had an even sillier bike than me. It was a toddlers bike, essentially.When I got back to the hostel, Ugly was there. He has a Martin Backpacker guitar, so I played a couple songs. My little finger is still non-functional. Before I left, my Dad's colt broke it. It's been hurting for a while. Still stiff. It took forever to update this journal! Wow, it requires so much of my time in town. I write to much. I've noticed an increase in the amount of writing I'm doing also.Not much happened today other than lots, and lots of eating! Took the dinner shuttle. "Bob" wrecked the bus. Thought he'd dislocated the front tire by slamming against the concrete curb. Everyone's necks snapped forward like a car accident. I ate with Spring Kat at a Chinese restaurant. Red-hawk was going to eat with us, but he said, "That's to far to walk". Ironic! Had the sesame chicken, wonton soup and an eggroll.We waited by the Dollar General for the shuttle to pick us up. I tried calling Lish and Dad. Ate a strawberry cheesecake ice cream bar! Everyone was drooling while I ate it! Haha! Stopped at the gas station on the way back and got 2 Blueberry Danish¢s and a quart of milk. I couldn't wait to eat my Danish¢s for breakfast. I ate one before going to bed. Did manage to save one for breakfast.Slept in the bunkhouse with Stumble Wolf, Jiggy, Alkaline, Cumquat, Captain Radish and Spring Kat.