Day 50 - 4/20

Daily mileage: 8.2
Total trail mileage: 626.4
Starting location: Docs Knob Shelter
Ending location: Pearisburg, VA
Weather: clear and sunny until the late afternoon then rainy, 40
degrees in the morning, 60-65 degrees during the day

I am at
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.336425,+-80.748278

Uh, oh...I think I may have committed theft. The Chinese buffet only
cost 5 bucks. I definitely consumed more than 5 dollars worth of
food. I don't know how they stay in business, especially this close
to the trail.

Rewind a bit. I got up this morning and made good time for the last 8
miles out to town. There were a number of vistas along the way and
Angel's Rest was neat. It was a giant boulder field and had a vista
overlooking Pearisburg and the valley.

After getting off the trail, I checked into the motel near the trail,
took a quick shower, and then headed over to the Chinese buffet.
Bloodhound met up with me there. We were talking about thruhiker
stuff and a woman next to us started asking questions. She asked us
what we were doing in Pearisburg and Bloodhound said he was hoping to
get a haircut but didn't think there was anywhere in town to make that
happen. It turns out that the woman is opening the only barber shop
in town and she took him over to cut his hair.

After the buffet I took care of town chores. Town is a good mile from
the motel and trail, so I didn't want to make another trip. So, I
picked up dinner from Hardees and breakfast from the grocery store.
It is hard to go to the grocery store after being stuffed to the point
where I could barely walk. Good thing I had a list prepared.

Back to the motel room to watch tv... Again, I lucked out with the
weather. It unexpectedly started raining in the late
afternoon...after I was in the motel room. Honest, I didn't plan this
visit to town around the weather.