Damascus, VA
Today I got up early to meet Caveman and Wingheart for the ride to trail days. I was up til 2 last night with packing and nervous energy that towns seem to give me. The pick up was easy with us spoting each other easily by the highway. The ride down was comfy. We got to Damascus late afternoon and Caveman and I helped Wingheart set up his RV. Then I got a lift from Caveman and Lisa, his girl frind who met us along the way, to the "Tent City". It was a mile away from the town center and I had no luck setting up. First I tried to hang a hammock but the woods were packed with Poison Oak and Ivy. After a couple tries of that I decided to tarp in the grassy clearing which turned out to be just as hard. Whenever I found a spot with good drainage and started to set up I would get a couple stakes in the rock hard ground some one would come by a say "you know there is a bon fire they are going to be building there" or "people are going to throwing things from that tent in your direct!
ion tonight". Finally after this happening to me three times I was pretty angry. In a field that was mostly empty the only spot someone wouldn't bug me about was next to the porta johns which is where I ended up. After that I decided to walk around and into town to see who might meet. Everyone is here, I have seen at least 30 people I know. I went back to "The Place" the town hostel and found surprisingly they had a bunk open. I got someone else in my bunk room to put their backpack down on my spot and I walked back to my tarp and pulled up stakes and moved into the Hostel. It is a lot closer to everything and I suspect it will be a quieter place to sleep.
While out and about after that I ran into Caveman and Lisa and they gave me a lift back to Wingheart's RV where I got to cook a real meal for the first time in months. I made Thai Drunken noodles which came out OK. The ingredients had to be improvised in some cases. :( It just a pleasure to saute again! I am spending the night here at the RV because Caveman and I are going into the exhibitor's area early to sign up for Hardcore, a trail buiding project they do every year right after trail days. This year the slots are limited and we want to be sure to get one. It is fortunte I am indoors too since it is pouring outside. I would have stayed dry but it is not fun having to do so.
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