5/14 Getting a ride

20.1 hiked today, 922 miles N, 1252 miles left
Near Pinnacles Pinic Area

Today I had a fairly long day. I started out hiking with Captain Bly back to the road junction where he had parked his car. We met up with Postcard along the way and as a trio it was very pleasent hike. Great conversation and a easy pace to keep me from burning out too early. They stayed by his car and I pushed on looking forward to getting lunch at Big Medeow where there is a resturant. I got there at about noon and sat down and ordered my food. Then a man tapped me on the shoulder and asked if I could join him and his wife for lunch which I did. They, Jim and Jane, were a very nice couple from, if memory serves me, SC and where passing through the Shenandoah's on there way to a wedding. Jim had hiked part of the AT and was excited to talk about my experiances on the trail. Between he and his wife I barely managed to eat my lunch. They were a real pleasure but pursumably they had to get moving and so they left but not before kindly performing some trail magic by paying my check. Thank you! After that I gave Wingheart a call. I am planning on going to the Trail Days festival in Damascus VA, 500 miles back, and my previous ride, McGyver, had changed his mind about going. Wingheart offered to pick me up in Front Royal which was perfect because it was an easy 3 hiking days away. That will put me there the night before he will drive by on the nearby inter-state. The reast of the day was an easy hike will lots of views of the towns below. I decided to try to get to Front Royal early in the day so tonight I am camping out about halfway betweeh shelters. That trims about 6-7 miles from my remaining distance meaning I can get into Front Royal in the early afternoon. I am near a senic overlook and the trees are not providing much coverage from the wind. That wasn't a problem at 8 when I set up camp but now the wind is really howling. Inmy hammock I have a ground cloth under me to block the wind and a pad under my core. I hope I will stay warm in my ham!
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I only have 34 miles left till my week of zeros for Trail Days.

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