Date: 2005-03-13
From: Haven Motel

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Miles today: 0.0

I woke up this morning after a great nights rest. My knee hardly ached at all last night. Doing a zero day today did my knee some good. We went to breakfast at an AYCE restaurant. The food was fantastic. It feels great eating anything that I want knowing that I will work it off shortly after returning to the trail. After breakfast we went to the grocery trail to buy some hot chocolate and some more Frank¢s Red Hot sauce. The hot sauce improves the taste of anything on the trail. I then went to a drug store and bought some glucosamine for my knee. Hopefully it will help lubricate my knees. I understand it will take a couple of weeks for the medicine to take effect. We then went to an outfitter to buy some needed supplies. I also bought a larger coffee cup the same size as Steadysteps¢. That way when we split something he won¢t get more than me. Ha Ha. I also bought some silicone water proof spray for my hiking shoes. My right shoe leaked a little bit of water a few days ago while crossing a stream. This evening we went to a Chinese AYCE buffet. The food was great there also. Maybe any food tastes great by now? The weather in town has been great until this evening. Yesterday it was sunny and around 65 degrees. Most of today was sunny and around 70 degrees. While we were at dinner this evening it clouded up and began to rain. Hope it clears up before tomorrow morning when we head out. If it¢s raining here it might just be snowing up in the mountains. I mailed home some clothing and first aid supplies I haven¢t used. I mailed home a total of 3.25 pounds. Every little bit helps. While staying here at the Haven Motel we could not have been treated any better. Ron, the owner, owns 2 motels in Franklin. The motel we are staying at caters to hikers. He has a short white school bus he uses to shuttle hikers any where in town the hikers want to go at no cost to the hikers. I would strongly recommend this motel to any hikers wanting to stay at a hiker friendly place. By the way, I understand we are only about 30 miles from Cherokee, NC. We say Pine Dragon and Pixie at the motel again today. It was nice to see them. They went to dinner with us last night. We had great conversation at dinner tonight. Pine Dragon told us a few nights ago he woke up and there was a mouse inside his sleeping bag. What really bothered him was he had his bag drawn up tight around his nose and mouth. The mouse had to have climbed in his sleeping bag around his nose and mouth. Just a little word for the wise, getting out of a mummy style sleeping bag is bad enough, but it is near impossible when you are excited. I am looking forward to getting back on the trail tomorrow. Although the stay in town has been great, it¢s also a little boring. We have satellite TV in our room but all I¢ve watched was about a half hour of a college basketball game. Maybe I¢m getting broke from my television addiction. But, I doubt it. There are too many reality shows on TV that I enjoy, I guess I¢ll just have to catch up when I get back this fall. I better quit this journal now and get my gear ready for tomorrow.Good night Char, see you in my dreams.