From Trail Days to Pearisburg, VA

Wow! So much has happened since Damascus. Our group (aka Chicken Pot Pie) has been doing great. There's six of us total, including Eric and I. There's Hotsauce, Speakeasy, Left It, and Mr. Tea. We've done really good about sticking together. We hiked a little bit of the Virginia Creeper Trail, which was absolutely beautiful! Once we got to Adkins, The two girls had to get off the trail for Left It's brother's high school graduation. It was kinda a bummer to see them go for a week, but we knew we were getting them back! Plus, Left It's feet were pretty bad, so she needed to get off them for a couple days. We had some pretty nice campsites lately- we camped on an island one night! Anyways, as we were hiking into Bland, VA we got picked up by a chuch for some trail magic. Hotsauce cut on his phone and found out that his brother had been hurt while in Afghanistan, so he has left the trail to spend time with him and help with his recovery. His brother lost a leg, but we all hope that his recovery will go well. We will see Hotsauce again once we get to Harper's Ferry, but it was certainly a sad day to see him go. From Bland to Pearsiburg it was just us and Mr. Tea and we've been hiking with some different people which has been nice. The girls came back on the trail yesterday, so Chicken Pot Pie has been reunited :)

Well, that's all for now. I have to let other people use the computer so I'm signing off! Until next time...