478.8 miles.
Home sweet home we made it to VA! We crossed the TN/VA border on Saturday just before rolling into Damascus, where we took a day to rest and resupply. It's a cool little town -a little heavy on churches and police, and pretty hard to find a beer (we actually never did), but it's full of characters and, like all the god-blessed towns along the trail, offers a shower and bed and lots of food amd friendly people. I got a box of fruity pebbles and a half gallon of milk from the dollar general and worked on that most of Sunday. Got a new pair of shoes for my achin feet today, and we picked up a mail drop from mom that was chock full of delicious nutritiousness.
We got back on the trail this morning and took a detour on the Virginia Creeper trail for twelve miles or so along Whitetop Laurel Creek until it met back up with the AT. Weather changed from sunshine to rain and back about five times today, and the beautiful spring flowers were in full bloom all along the river. Up on top of the mountain here the trees haven't budded yet, the air is cold, and the ground is brown with last year's leaves. But spring is creeping higher and higher and soon we'll be surrounded by greens and grateful for the shade of the leaves. In the meantime, we're working on our gator tans (that ten inch section of bare leg between shorts and gators), sweating during the day and bundling up at night.
We're in a shelter tonight, and the rain on the tin roof is comforting. And a handy drone to soften the snorers' snores. Man, there are some really loud snorers out there. How come they always fall asleep before everyone else?
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