Friendship at Partnership
Miles: 9.5
Friendship. The most powerful human emotion. Today we all just hung out. We did a quick but somewhat dreadful hike in the rain then got to the mega shelter that’s two stories and has a shower. The shower was freezing and I went in with my clothes and did some laundry too. This shelter is built more like a log cabin than a shack which three walls. We went into Marion VA to resupply at a Walmart for a change after hitting a McDonald’s as usual. Walmart has good value packs and I finally got some camp shoes (Mtn Dew Baja Blast Slides). We then went to the outfitter in Marion which is tik tok famous I guess? They were really nice and personable there and let us charge some of our stuff. We then returned to the shelter with a ton of snacks and ordered pizzas. We then played card games and Magellan joined us. I haven’t mentioned this guy yet but Green and I ran into him a few days ago and last night at very late he set up his tent right next to mine and snored then pissed right next to my tent ;_; . This 60 year old guy hiked the AT 5 times and says this time will be his 7th because he’s doing sections he missed the 6th time twice. He also says his trailname is Wolf because he showed up late to a shelter one night and people thought he was a wolf I guess. Anyways this dude thinks he’s like Guts from Berserk. I can’t tell if he’s awkward or rude but he really likes flexing whenever he has a chance. I mean hiking the AT so many times is cool but it would be even cooler if you were more like a mentoring chill guy who’s in it for the love of the game. Well yeah W O L F is staying at the shelter here too downstairs tonight. He’s a recurring character now. He pointed at my suspiciously furry looking pin on my pack and asked about it and I just shrugged and told him friend gave it to me. Maybe he’s a 60 year old furry that would have been cool. Don’t mean to dog on this guy too much he’s atleast a very good hiker and not a bad guy just sort of hard to be around. I ate so many little oranges, cookies (the frosting ones iykyk), and donuts. I’ve been eating Motorman’s Lactides before eating pizza and stuff and it helps your body process lactose if ur an lactose intolerant chud. It’s a bit of a cheat code. Gonna buy a lot of that when I get home. This lady who’s traveling the US In a pickup truck also just randomly pulled up where we ordered pizza at the parking lot and conversed with us about her travels. It was very cool how she just walked up to us and talked. Social skill is very high. She told a story about how she almost got her jugular crushed by a deer when feeding it but her motorcycle helmet saved her. Speaking of that the Italian who’s really good at guitar with the Kurt Cobain look fell and got a nasty (but arguably cool) scar across his forehead. His trailname is now Open Mind he was happy to tell us. Shoutout to Ash at the Marion Outfitters and the shuttle driver who decided to take us back out of town just after his shift ended. I resupplied too much food maybe for four days but I always run out so maybe I’m just an eating machine. I think I gained wait even though I’m burning a ludicrous amount of calories per day which shouldn’t be possible. Oh we also ran into Moon the trail runner for the area again today she was happy to see us at the shelter. Goodnight my friends (or morning/noon/afternoon since I have to post this tomorrow no signal again of course).