6/8/12 – 779 miles
I was out early again. I think all the years of getting up at 5:00 am for work has conditioned me to a morning routine. I climbed Apple Orchard Mountain to splendid views and great weather and passed by another FAA navigation tower. Then it was mostly downhill for several miles to the town of Glasgow, VA. I hadn’t planned to go into town but after reevaluating my food supply I was having second thoughts. There was enough food in my bag but I would be eating things like mashed potatoes for breakfast. I decided to leave it to chance – if I could get a ride into town easily, I would go in. Not ten minutes after I sat down in the parking lot, a couple offered a ride to town.
Glasgow is a hiker friendly town. The town provides a shelter and shower facility for AT hikers, Dollar General for resupply, and family restaurant for the hungry hiker.
After stocking up on goodies at the Dollar General, I walked to the shelter to discover my friend Kleenex who had hitched to town for a mail drop. I told her that she probably thought I was stalking her. It was good to have someone to talk with though. The only other people at the shelter were a young couple that stayed to themselves and a very intoxicated man masquerading as a thruhikers. I slept in my tent in back of the shelter while Kleenex was entertained in the night by a visit from a skunk. She will have to tell that story.
Castawaw you bluesky need to pick it up if you are going to meet me in Dalton Mass.