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| Charlie |
Starting
to lose track of my days. I hope I’m right about day 20. Yesterday we
walked around Gatlinburg, which I guess is the third most popular
tourist destination in the U.S.
Lots of fast food places, hotels/motels, Ripley’s Believe It or Not, old tyme photo shops, walk-in wedding centers. Kind of a bizarre mix. Dave and Charlie were drinking beer in the room -- really the first opportunity for alcohol we’ve had thusfar. We heard that hikers often head to the Smoky Mt. Brewery, so that’s where we went. Lots of people already there, including Hipbone and Mountain Goat, Matt (Beano), Phil (Duracell), Lawyer Dan, Sweetwater, the Honeymooners… Stayed out til about midnight.
I’m getting quite attached to my earplugs. They help a lot. Decided at night that due to the snow and cold we were going to take another zero day. Guess it was a good decision, since some people who headed out in the morning ended up coming back. No plans for the day. Checked email at the library.
Then a guy offered us one of those timeshare demo things -- sit for 90 minutes and earn $75. Sounded good to us! The sales pitch was long, followed by a bus trip to the resort. Then the bottom line came -- and “no” wasn’t readily accepted as an answer until we explained how we were currently hiking the AT for the next six months. Oops. The whole deal actually lasted three hours, and thank God we got our check.
Turns out Matt, Phil, Achilles, and Sweetwater had taken us up on our offer to share our suite. And Tim’s sister is in town, too, so she’ll be staying with us. Looking forward to getting back on the trail and working off some of this food I’ve been sucking down. Should I buy a Walkman? I think it would definitely help. Everyone is getting antsy here. Hopefully we’ll get a fairly early start, and the conditions will enable us to get in 15 miles tomorrow.
Lots of fast food places, hotels/motels, Ripley’s Believe It or Not, old tyme photo shops, walk-in wedding centers. Kind of a bizarre mix. Dave and Charlie were drinking beer in the room -- really the first opportunity for alcohol we’ve had thusfar. We heard that hikers often head to the Smoky Mt. Brewery, so that’s where we went. Lots of people already there, including Hipbone and Mountain Goat, Matt (Beano), Phil (Duracell), Lawyer Dan, Sweetwater, the Honeymooners… Stayed out til about midnight.
I’m getting quite attached to my earplugs. They help a lot. Decided at night that due to the snow and cold we were going to take another zero day. Guess it was a good decision, since some people who headed out in the morning ended up coming back. No plans for the day. Checked email at the library.
Then a guy offered us one of those timeshare demo things -- sit for 90 minutes and earn $75. Sounded good to us! The sales pitch was long, followed by a bus trip to the resort. Then the bottom line came -- and “no” wasn’t readily accepted as an answer until we explained how we were currently hiking the AT for the next six months. Oops. The whole deal actually lasted three hours, and thank God we got our check.
Turns out Matt, Phil, Achilles, and Sweetwater had taken us up on our offer to share our suite. And Tim’s sister is in town, too, so she’ll be staying with us. Looking forward to getting back on the trail and working off some of this food I’ve been sucking down. Should I buy a Walkman? I think it would definitely help. Everyone is getting antsy here. Hopefully we’ll get a fairly early start, and the conditions will enable us to get in 15 miles tomorrow.
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