I'm sitting in a North Carolina' McDonald's, close to Little Switzerland. I've never been to Little Switzerland but it sounds interesting. I was up on Roan Mountain last night. I had a fire which helped to cook my mac and cheese and keep me warm. It was a beast of a fire in that I got warm just keeping it going. But once it was well underway it turned into a nice, slow-burning bed of coals. Yes, it was a cold night. Fortunately I had my goose-down leaking bag from my 2003 AT thru-hike. I do not think it is as warm as it used to be but with a double upper layer on and a single lower layer I stayed pretty warm. My pillow which was a bag filled with rain pants and a quick drying towel was inadequate; so was my sleeping pad- a eighth of an inch pad that is only meant to go under a blow-up pad to keep from popping (My blow up popped a long time ago.) I tossed and turned but finally fell into a long sleep. The morning sun coming through my tarp tent woke me up. I
Hello friends. I think of all the great writers from the past encouraging me on. I have this foot problem again. A weak ankle; an ankle that is sore from driving which has finally succumbed to the ultimate slow down- broke, fractured. Can't put weight on- we'll, it has only been two days and I can actually put a little weight on it. It happened when I was on a beam about 18 inches off the ground. I was looking for my dogs and I kind-of tilted to one side, lost my balance, jumped and landed with my right foot twisting. It hurt and I was down for the count. It took about 1000 counts for me to actually get up and make my way to the car. So my planned hiking trip turned into a camping trip which was really quite nice! Fortunately, I can drive and still make money. There is an interesting thing about making money and competitors. Often my neighbor will kind-of brag about his day driving for Uber. I drive for Lyft and he makes it seem like he's making more money t
Today, the sky was one black patterned wall of Strom, a almost tornado. Eighty-five mile per hour wind gusts. Lots of rain too. There was a huge snap during the strom. More like a pop or boom. During my walk I saw that the pop was a tree that had fallen over. Pretty sure not lightening, just wind and water and time for the tree to go. Tomorrow I will work helping to saw up and remove fallen trees.
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