9.3.06 4:07 p.m. Trent's Grocery, 6.7 trail miles
September 6th 2006 Off the trail and I'm sitting outside this little grocery store in the middle of nowhere waiting for a ride to the motel. Can't say I HIKED to VA 611--more like limped/hobbled. This knee is not to be hiked on. I gave some thought this morning to hiking back 1.9 miles to the road to Bland. And then again, I also gave some thought to trying to make the 40 miles to Pearisburg in 3 rather than 4
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