10/21 town

another town again. already? yes. now I have actually officially
made it to damascus. trudger and I are back at the hikers inn where
we stayed on friday night. we considered moving on but a bed just
seemed like a good idea after we busted our butts to make it in time
for lunch. an old hiking pal from maine, fuego, has caught up with
some others I have not met yet. we all had dinner together at the
restaurant that trudger and I have now eaten at 6 times. it looks
like this will all have to be updated later because I arrived at the
coffee shop just as it was closing. my pack is full and i am ready
to hike on. only 460 miles left. i have to mention this
guy I met yesterday. he said he was hiking the trail to get out of
society for a while. he had been on for 4 days had only oatmeal to
eat and was basically a young beginning drifter. he said that the
trail was a lot more stressful than he thought it would be. I
call him ignorant.

- Taken at 10:46 PM on October 21, 2009 - uploaded by ShoZu