Oh, what a beautiful day! We made a couple stops for snacks. One of them was at a shelter by a stream where we met Left Field and Indigo. Indigo had sprained her ankle - boo. She planned to go slow till Atkins and take a few days off. She'd only just begun in Demascus! Poor thing. Left Field was writing poetry on the shelter wall, he ended up helping her with her pack later...
After the break, i ended up walking with Chopstix until we ended up at the Shell truck stop in Atkins. I called the hostel where my package would be, and she said she would drop it off. When she arrived, there was a letter (thanks so much, uncle Don!!), but no package. What the...?! I'd only just bounced it from Demascus on Saturday, but it should've been there by now. Oh well.
I raided the hiker box at the Relax Inn and resupplied at the truck stop. I could make this work, for sure. Out intention was to move on and camp, but the growing group staying at the hotel was persuading us to stay. Ok! We threw laundry in and got a room. Me and four guys in one small motel room. No problem. We all took showers, got clean, made dinners on our stoves and ate.
Chopstix got some bad news about his grandfather's health, so it was s bit somber. We snacked and chilled out as Black Hawk Down ended on the tv, and slowly we made it down for the night. I doubt this will be the last time I share a motel room with so many hikers...
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-- Posted from the trail...
Location:The Relax Inn in Atkins, VA
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