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Pics for May 15th North America » United States » Virginia By OD and CCs Long WalkMay 28th 2007Leaving Daleville, VA with pics of the trail, a resivour near Roanoke, sandstone walls, and the Lambert Meadow Shelter.... read more

Just read over my last entry (after sending it) and hope Matt cleaned up all of the spelling errors. This device I use has a keyboard that is about 8" wide and 3" tall. I type with only my index fingers and try to hold it down with the rest, or as now in the tent. I support it on my thumbs, clamp the middle of the device between the ring and middle fingers and type laying on my sleeping pad. Sorry for not saying which town we were in, it was Pearisburg,VA. I get on a roll and forget what I have typed and what I said to someone on the phone. Got out of town late, 10:15AM! The mountain behind town was still 3,000' worth of elevation gain and the packs were heavy. ... read more

Happy Birthday to our daughter Joline. The night passed uneventfully. It was a bit cool as I popped my head out of the tent for the first time. I guess the cold settled in the river bottom. We were up by 6:45AM and on the trail at 8:30. We took our time with breakfast and packing. The trail designers were kind to us today. We left Dismal Creek Falls and headed for VA606 over a bunch of PUDS, but never more than 100' or so lost or climbed, but in total we lost 200' in two miles. Just after the road, we crossed Kimberling Creek on a beautiful suspension bridge near 200' long, some creek! From there we started up "Brushy Mountain." *** NOTE *** Over the next few days we will cross at least ... read more

Leigh and I had decided to move to Europe from the beginning. We have travelled there and loved it and we desperately wanted to go back. My brother Kari clued me in to a little bit of information about Finland offering ancestral citizenship. So I applied. 300 dollars later (and several letters back and forth from the Finnish embassy), I was made a Finnish citizen! Ok, next step- get a Finnish passport. Six months later I received my Finnish passport. YEA! I felt like an international spy with two different passports with the same picture. So the path was set for a move to Europe… but where in Europe? What did we want? Where did we want to go? We listed our criteria (a pretty short list), and we decided we liked the sound of ... read more

Not a bad nights sleep. The tent site was almost flat and my foot did not bother me that much, so I slept well. Now if we could do something about the birds singing at 5:30AM we might get to sleep in once in a while. Up at 6:30AM and packing things up. There was a cold wind blowing and the humidity was high. Swelling in the ankle was minimal and not much discoloration. CC had all her stuff on and said not to fire the stove up she just wanted to get moving and warm up. Without a shelter to get out of the wind in, walking is the quickest way to get warm. Had a cold, quick breakfast and was on the trail by 7:45. We had to get to town for a ... read more