Back on the AT again!

Feels good to open up full throttle again and get some mileage done. We attempted to leave Hot Spring on Friday and decided to head back after about 3 miles down the trail, hard to leave that town. Met up with the Kiwi's and Intents for a night, but left them early on Sun to escape the tractor beam and start traveling in space again.

So far we have climbed about 80,000 vertical feet, almost 3 Mt Everests. On Sunday as we were heading to a shelter, it began to snow and the temp dropped below 30 and probably hit 20 that night in the shelter.

The next day we hiked a few miles and ran into a thing called "Trail Magic"... this is a when some very nice people hook hikers up with food, beer, and other things that they know we will deeply appreciate. This magic in particular was waffles, stew, and pie with your choice of beverage... no charge... from a nice couple (Hercules and Fin). At the end of our meal, we discussed religion and philisophies. Although my phylosophy was much different from theirs it was a nice discussion and we left with full bellies and minds. We also went to church last week, trying to get an idea of the South and what it's all about. The people are really nice, the Preacher's lesson to the kids that day was Hospitality... a very fitting lesson for a town that represents this age old tradition quite nicely.

In Erwin now, getting clean. Just set the record for most Pizza eaten at the "all you can eat buffet" 3 full pizzas and two slices. I am very full.

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I love all of the feedback, it's hard to write back to everyone because my time on computers is very limitted with lots of other's waiting.

Been hiking with Lil Wayne and Birdman (I call them Rapper's Delight)... a father and son duo from PA... and Hardcore, also from PA. Heading for Damascus by the 12 and take a day off there, then one full month in Virginia with no zeros!!

G