Friday, May 8, 2009

First Quarter Down

We've been a little waterlogged on and off the past few days coming out of Damascus, but we've recovered from one day that left us with mud-filled boots. At first we were still with our friends Knickers and Hobbit, but Hobbit's husband had come out and got sick about a day out of town. T-toe and I pushed ahead, busted out a 20 yesterday, and a few days ago we woke to a herd of feral ponies while up at Hurricane Shelter.
The last shelter was close to a road so the crowd ordered over a hundred dollars in pizza. That was yesterday, and today we stopped at a museum on the trail and saw a bunch of cool relics from over 100 years ago. T-toe got her running shoes, and I'm just happy to keep the blister count under a dozen. The views are spectacular when it's not raining, and we're really starting to fly (we're a week ahead now). I just hope that my metabolism doesn't have any higher gears because I don't know if I can carry six granola bars, a cup of oatmeal, and a dinner for each day. I'm not yet wasting away; just storing energy in my soon-to-hit-the-two-inch-mark beard.

Sparky
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  1. LauraMay 11, 2009 at 3:26 PM

    A week ahead of schedule! OH dear! I will not be in VA until June 2nd so you guys better not go through skyline drive before then. Congrats on making such good time. Sally I hope you are feeling better. Miss you both.

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  2. DebbieMay 13, 2009 at 7:45 PM

    You need to post a pic of the two-inch beard. :)

    BTW, there's a contestant from KU on Jeopardy tonight. Of course, that's who I'm rooting for.

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