Miles Today - 0 on the AT, too many around town.
Location - Woodchuck Hostel, Damascus
Date - May 17
In all the grumpiness I forgot to mention one of the best parts of yesterday. Every year a group of women crochet about 800 hats that they give out for free during Trail Days. My friend Raven caught me and brought me over when we were down to about 20 hats. I found a perfect one, and basically haven't taken it off since, it's so warm and cozy.
Today I woke up with a few missions. Find a tent. Send unneeded things home. Resupply. Do college forms at the library. Be less grumpy.
Woodchuck provides coffee and cereal for breakfast, which was wonderful. I durdled around trading off on the Pac Man arcade game with Ryu that's in the living room, waiting for the vendors to open.
At 9 I wandered over to the vendors. It's basically a carnival, with less games and more camp gear. Rose recommended Six Moon Designs, and I ended up at their tent. They had a design on sale for a 100 that weighed just under 2 pounds. I shopped around some more, but ended up back at Six Moon. Best bang for the buck. And my hammock would easily sell for more than a 100. I added the hammock to my package home and purchased a tent.
Rose and I set it up in the hostel's mini Tent City so that I could apply seam sealer to it. I moved my stuff in and immediately felt better. This was what I was missing. Even if I didn't use it all the time, just knowing I had my own space made me feel safer. Grumpiness conquered!
I then ventured to the library to do some college forms, and walked all the way across town to get free hot dogs. On the way back I picked up my mail from the outfitters. My grandparents had sent me a huge box of brownies, which were munched on for the rest of the day.
I came back to the hostel, and Rose and I walked to Food City to resupply. We caught a free shuttle back into the vendor area, and watched the talent show. It was won by a couple doing a dance called the Texas Two Step. Very impressive. I hung around afterwords a bit for the impromptu dance party, and then lounged by the river to eat funnel cake and make phone calls.
Feeling beat, I headed back to the hostel and crashed in my new tent. Today was a lot of fun, and I'm looking forward to getting back on the trail tomorrow.
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