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On Saturday May 28, I was picked up early at the Plaza Hotel in Pearisburg by The Captain and he drove us to his house for the hiker feed.  There were plenty of hotdogs, hamburgers, chips, cookies, pie, potato salad, etc.  It was a good time.  There were about 20-30 hikers present when I arrived,… Continue reading 719.8 miles in

I’m in Pearisburg, VA!  How’d I get here?  Allow me to elucidate… That miserable Tuesday night when I hiked 33 miles and stayed in Damascus, Bearbait rolled in shortly afterward and he managed to find a bunk at the Hiker’s Inn hostel.  I’m glad – it was miserable outside and no one should have had… Continue reading 627.4 miles in

After my last post in Erwin, I hopped the dinner shuttle into town and gorged at a Mexican restaurant called El Azteca.  I’ve been craving Taco Bell since about Hiawassee, but since the first Taco Bell on the AT is at 720 miles (seriously), I had to settle for this instead.  El Azteca had really… Continue reading 464.7 miles in