Days 118 & 119: Zeros

I decided to combine these two days, since not much happened really. And I lacked photos. Whoops.

I woke up around 9:30 in the morning, the latest I’ve slept in awhile! It was so nice. I got ready, but I took my time as I didn’t have to be at the airport for a few hours.. and my hotel is literally connected. Haha

I finally checked out at 10:30, walked across the “skybridge” connecting the hotel to the airport, checked my backpack, and headed up the escalator to get some breakfast. I peacefully ate my egg and cheese bagel while uploading pictures to Facebook. At 11pm, I went through security and giggled as people were complaining about the long line.. there was 8 people in front of me. Haha.. clearly these folks don’t frequent the Atlanta airport often.

I made it through with way too much time to spare, read some of a book, boarded my flight, and then managed to take a nap on the plane. I don’t know what it is about planes, but I can’t keep my eyes open on them anymore. After landing, I had to wait forever to get my backpack.. but then I was able to catch a Lyft to Union Station, get some more food (Taco Bell lol), and board my train for Harper’s Ferry.

It was only an hour ride, and between window gazing and reading my book, it passed very quickly. I got off the train and walked to a general store to buy some fuel to cook with, then made the long walk to my hotel. The sky was threatening rain all day, and it was just starting to sprinkle some. The weather for tomorrow is 100% rain with chances of flooding and potential for tornadoes. So, when I got to the hotel, I booked an extra night.. no point in hiking out in flooding rain.

I got into my room and laid around, relaxed, and read. Nothing too exciting to report. When I woke up this morning, it was almost 9:30.. twice in a row! Except, I had nothing to really do today. I ended up getting ready and walking to the 7-Eleven a mile away to get my water bottles for tomorrow, and a lighter. Then I walked into a different general store and had an egg and cheese biscuit.. I waited for the fresh biscuits the girl told me she was baking, not expecting too much. Holy crap.. it was HUGE and the best I’ve had in a long dang time! I loved it!

Mind you, all of my time out of the hotel included walking in complete downpours.. it would slow here and there, but it rained all the same. This just solidified my choice to not have hiked out today. Something tells me that my shoes won’t be very dry tomorrow when I do hike out.. the ground is so saturated!

I got back to my room and promptly took an afternoon nap. When I woke, I ate some pizza and watched Law and Order, SVU. And I read the rest of my book. You know, the important stuff.

Now, I’m just relaxing and realizing I’m going to have some packing in the morning before I head out. I don’t necessarily have a ton of reason to leave out super early, so I’ll just play it by ear.. start slow and take my time.. just see how far I manage to get.

Goodnight, goodnight.