May 18-19 in southern VA

May 18, 2005 | Day 52 | Miles: 7.8 | Total Miles: 621.7
End: Rendezvous Motel, Pearisburg, VA
Danielle:
Sunny and hot
Gotta love the short days into town :-) Not a bad morning at all, and we got here about 11:30am. Descents into town are never too much fun, as they typically mean a big drop into a valley, but this one wasn't too bad.
We're currently relaxing in our motel room with our gear spread all over the place as usual.
We enjoyed some candy and animal crackers when we arrived, courtesy of my wondeful friend Kris. Yum! Thanks Kris :-) And some Reese's peanut butter cups from my parents. Thanks Mom and Dad! Healthy eating, I know, but they did taste good. We'll get a salad at dinner and some fruit at the grocery store tonight to even it all out! :-)

Ryan:
hazy, hot, humid
we're in town, and planning to take tomorrow off. a little r and r. other than that, we've been enjoying virginia. we've heard that a lot of people get the "virginia blues", and end up leaving the trail. so far, virginia has been great. well, the rumor you hear in georgia is that virginia flat. um...not so much. it has some flat sections, but it's not flat. the pattern looks like a climb, then a sort of flat ridge, then a descent, then a flat section, then a climb, then a flat ridge...sort of like a trail. just longer sections of each than we've seen at the beginning of the trail. and so far, it's been a little easier. plus, we're getting more used to it. what we're not used to is the heat. summer is officially here. it's getting hot. but, at lower elevations, we at least have leaves on the trees now. without the leaves you get cooked. now, less cookage. but, it's still going to be hot...

May 19, 2005 | Day 53 | Miles: 0 | Total Miles: 621.7
End: Rendezvous Motel, Pearisburg, VA
Danielle:
Warm and humid
Ahhhh, a zero day. Pearisburg is not a compact town to walk around, but we lucked out. One of the section hikers we met out on this past stretch, Talisman, was stopping his section here in Pearisburg, so he had his car. He nicely agreed to meet us the motel this morning to take us to the PO and other errands. What a nice guy! Putting up with all us stinky hikers and hauling us around. :-) It was much appreciated.
We're currently hanging out with Hairball and Snowbunny in the motel room, and will be playing cards soon, I'm sure. A very exciting afternoon :-) Not much else to report.

Ryan:
hazy, cloudy, impending doom
lazy day off. it's going to rain tomorrow, and we may have to build an ark. sounds like a great time to go camping. smart people would have left today, and taken a day off in a dry shelter. we're not smart. stay tuned...
today's song - downtown, petula clark (every establishment in pearisburg seems to be required to play this song at least three times a day.)