AT Day 43

2014/5/13 Mile 724

Slept like a rock in the tent and woke up early. On the trail by 630, nobody else in camp was even stirring when I left.

The rain from yesterday had made everything wet and somehow a little greener. The warmer temperatures meant the bugs were out and so were their predators. Thanks to that I ran into about 60 spiderwebs per mile for the entire 10 miles into town.

On the way down I passed "Tinker Ridge" which had some cool tall rocks. Climbed up one to enjoy the view of what I think was a dam and part of Roanoke.

Once I hit Daleville I went to Bojangles for a second breakfast and then the outfitter to pick up my maildrop. Sorted through the gear and then hit the coffee shop for WiFi.

Got to talk to Stu on the phone and confirm that I wouldn't be meeting him and the guys for the Shenandoah. Sucks because I wanted to see everyone but good because I wasn't under pressure to hit Waynesboro on a date so I could near-o (like a zero day but with a little hiking) in Daleville.

Lunch texted me when he got into town and I hobbled over to the hotel where they were. Howard Johnson Express. Not sure what makes it express but it was right off the trail. Showered and then back to the outfitter so Lunch and Captain could try on shoes.

Had Wendy's because Captain had never been there before heading to Kroger to resupply. Going with spam and cheese on pita bread this week. Apparently they package slices of spam individually in bags like tuna so that makes it easy trail food.

After that we had second dinner at Three Little Pigs Barbeque. I took most of mine to go because I over did it at Wendy's. Saw tons of other hikers there and found out Cat 5 had gotten sick and went to the hospital. Bad luck in the engineer crew recently.

Back to the room for laundry and The Matrix. Did some gear cleaning and tried to get things dry. Probably not a good sign when your water filter bag smells like feet.

Fell asleep before Neo died. Hiker midnight is king.