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hola its be a while been a a seriously crazy journey i think a vast majority of hikers have relized its not only just hiking to maine its a begining to an endless adventure it has striked courage in a lot of people experiences things they never thought they could do cause of normal life so people really do go wild in so many ways (good ways) ...
so i left off in the shanandoahs which i didnt aqua blaze cause it was crazy expensive so hiked out with machete at night and begin the truck in mrs janet had said to hike as much of the road as we could cause there were way more views so we did. It was amazing and so much wild life black bears, snakes, owls, turkeys and my buds invictus and road kill saw a bob cat, WILD!! So while hiking on the road after going to a "touristy" pit stop and getting ice cream machete and i got stopped by two rangers asking us for our permits (which we had no idea about and NO other thru hiker had) we said we had no idea and what was it for they said its a free permit to check the amount of people coming in and out and for our saftey (silly) they had said theyd give us one and to give them our ids, which i thought was weird for a free permit. And they did and as she gave us our ids back she gave us a lovely 75 dollar ticket for hiking without a permit!!! WHAT!! If anything was to happen to either one of us we have id on us and whats a silly permit going to do if we get hurt or whatever. Needless to say i was pretty pissed off what a dumb thing expecially for two young kids that have a long way to hike still on a budget i had even said to the ranger the same thing..ERRR..so in fustration we hitched out of the shanandoahs to front royal where we played music to take care of the ticket. In front royal playing music a couple stopped and said hey you two want to go to washington dc? DUH and adventure yep! So we went to dc on a whim and while there meeting with a friend at big bear cafe discusing where in the world to sleep :) the lovely waitress heather invited us to crash at her house we stayed up telling her stories and her telling us hers letting us shower and do laundry!! I made her the most amazing breakfast in the morning in return for her kindness. The next day we met up with piper and his friend and guess what?! got a ride to ct where i grabbed my car and went back..its just about forth of july and everyone was talking about going guess where? DC haha so i collected a car load of kids and dogs ha and went to dc where heather again was so kindly welcoming (shes hooked on crazy hikers) while at her work again the was a kid sitting next to our table outside and seemed like an adventure kid just so happens he is and while at heathers fourth of july night the kid walked into her house named johnny and he wanted to come join us :) and he did we set out ready to hike and then the idea of the catskills came up and so we went and playing in waterfalls, then in was saratoga for a jam band show, woodstock ny, went up to the adarondacks and stayed at patches families lake cabin AMAZING, then lake george, and the one above it between vt and ny i cant think of it right now then burlington then camels hump part of the long trail crazy now it trail time agian dont know where im going to pick up but ill let you all know on a crazy journey:)
LIGHT AND LOVE!!

life is play

:) I havnt updated in a while been just playing away so im 150 miles just about from the half way point!! WHAT!!! im in waynesboro VA. After going home my whole hike has completely changed and for the better im really taking my time and living it up!! ive met some really amazing people who also want to just take there time and see everything we can!! Ive have experienced the real beauty in strangers mainly from hitch hiking all over virginia, yes hitch hiking! SO back tracking to the graceland highlands where i got to pet wild ponies!!! UNREAL!!! My friend ambassador and myself hiked all the way around the graceland highlands exploring the blue blazed trails to just see where we ended up, which was wrapping around the entire park and ending up exactly where we left of haha pretty silly but we really got to see some beautiful spots that other people couldnt. After playing with ponies a group of us decided to hitch to marion va the warrior hikers had a parade to be at on memorial day so i thought itd be fun to go. Our hitch was crazy seven hikers, seven packs, two huge horse saddles, and my little doggie on the back of a truck with no gate, pretty silly!! these two girls we had asked to get a ride from before they snagged us said they didnt even know where they were going so the truck people said theyd bring us to the main road, well the two girls followed the truck thinking one of us was going to fall out ha! Truck dropped us off and the two girls drove us all the way to marion!! Awesome! Hung out there for a day and hitch back to the trail were we were at this shelter called partnership, everyone gets sucked in..showers close to town and alot of good people! I ended up meeting with three lovely people with guitars which you can imagine my excitement..one of which we played for about six hours i just sang and sang! Hiked out after a couple days of hanging there piper one of the guitar players and i thought itd be cool to go and busk (play music on the street for money) so he hiked out with b-line, ambassador, and i (been hanging with them since damascus) We didnt end up making anything we were in this town atkins which there nothing in :) Got to this pavilion 12 miles later were the lovely Miss Janet picked up a bunch of us to go to the captains house for a weekend party (what a time!!) She brought us back hiked out and started our own "not your typical trail magic" (trail magic by hikers) We fed some hungry kids! 

.....Parisburg VA started hiking out and it was gross street walking powerlines and a nasty cigarette plant, hiking with piper and machete we said it was time for a little break and thought lets go to nashville and lets busk..we made and adventure bound sign to get there ended up going back to the captians haha, then from there we hitched to blacksburg VA made some money, then to roanoke VA which is were we got hooked up by this lovely couple took us for lunch and dessett and brought us back to the trail!! Were we hike macfees knob and tinker cliffs...absolutley beautiful it was 20 miles and machete and me took 3 days to do it. Its was amazing!! In daleville VA after that and machete rooster mike your hike and i decided to go to the beach frome daleville we hitched to waynesboro(where i am now) to charlottlesville to richmond..richmond was wild needless to say and made good money busking!! Now here and ready to knaoe the shanandoahs!!

LIght n lOVE to you all!!

damascus

So after being home which i forgot to say was a 22 hour bus ride which mrs janet so kindly took me to. I had to get back some how and boy did i get the hook up mrs janet had said to call up her friend who had thru hiked in 2010 and that she was a wonderful lady, i called her up and got a ride all the way to damascus. Thank you ever so kindly for the trail magic city slicker!! I not only got a ride but made a new lovely friend that lives in my home state SWEET!!
Got to damascus and reunited with all of my people definitely one of my happiest moments when i got on  the bus i never felt so lost having been with crazy hikers all the time and in the woods or small cute and friendly towns and back in the concrete jungle not so pleasant i missed it and had only been on the bus for 10 min :) being home was funny i felt unreal i had no idea what to do all i could think about was hiking hahaha silly..
in damascus im sure you all heard while walking in the hikers parade a man who apparently had a stroke drove into or marching pack and plowed through us hikers me and ellie mae who i was thankfully carrying where push out of the way and safe it was a blur a terrifiying blur. Thankfully my friend saint croy got into the back of the car and put on the parking brake!! Thank you saint croy!! Then it was panic time there were people injured all over and under the car hikers all lifted up the car and medics pulled them out i left as soon as the car was lifted i didnt want to see that i just looked around for my buddys but was to shaken to really check i just grabbed my good friend blue and said lets get away. Everyone is okay!! thats whats important!!
But on a better note it was an amzing time ellie mae get hooked up with a pack from ruff wear and is not rocking an amazing doggy pack THANK YOU!!
hiking out now

LIGHT N LOVE 

Ahh ha ha

Hey I'm back ha I havnt updated in a while in Erwin I got nero virus which was horrible throwing up for hours and hung in Erwin at the mayors while there was fiddle fest people from the area eating good food and playing some good ol blue grass music we stayed the night there was funny cause they ha peacocks and the noises they make we're too funny. After that machine a warrior hiker invited me and cookoo to stay a farm they were invited to and got to hang out with the owners of colony earth Xavier an Jamie hawk they have a beautiful life going on there for them and a lovely family they were we helped them set up a green house pick nettle and ate lots a food! Soooo after having the nero I wanted to visit home for a week and I did surprised the day lights out of everyone it was awesome

340 miles Erwin TN and learning

So 140 miles til VA yay hiking just get easier! I really have been learning alot about myself and life around me you really never think about how privileged we are with everything in our every day lives we truly are blessed individuals its amazing to me more and more everyday. I think about the silly things that use to frustrate me on a daily basis like driving for example i would get so ticked of at someone driving stupid but whats the point there not going to stop riding my tail or not going to speed up we need to slow ourselves down in our everyday life's were constantly going to fast and really missing the little things and forgetting about them which made me feel like i wasn't doing anything wasn't experiencing anything when i was always, i have always known it but never like i do now. The excitment of having a shelter to stay in at night when its pouring rain even though your packed in it like sardines, everyones smelly, people snoring, rolling all over...i could not be happier being dry and comfy. This was a little test of life two days ago we were walking and the supply of water was not plenty so my nalgene water bottle was just about empty and gatorade bottle was the same, i kept dwelling on the fact i was thirsty and wanted water then and now i was very flustered and was slamming my poles in the dirt all angry :( but then i thought why am i thinking like this its so silly water will be in a mile or two and there will be plenty to relax look around (which was a amazing mountain side with tiny white flowers and green grass everywhere tangled with old trees and big rocks) and as i calmed down i just smiled and was grateful for all the water i got to have that day even if i couldnt have anymore id be fine i was grateful for the tiny sips i had left..and then a quarter mile later...water :) life taught me the quickest lesson..patience and to be grateful. The more i continue to walk and think, which is what i do all day everyday, i analyze life as we know it. we create our own problems whether we except it or not its just crazy.
On a hiking note...My bag has much improved in weight ive dropped so much random little things i thought id need but never will..i have also purchased poles which have really been an amazing help on my knees walking down hill..we ended up taking 4 zeros in hot springs cause of a hiker festival going on it was great i was able to talk to a granite gear rep named fix it man (he really is the man) he gave me a new hip belt for my pack (my was too big) put it together for me all for no charge :) grateful kid i am! i ate so much way too much there its was crazy! The nature has been BEAUTIFUL like a dream blankets of flowers everywhere it seems unreal looks like snow all over. Met alot of new great people hung with the warrior hikers (veterans sponsored kindly to hike the at) there amazing group of people..there are so many incredible individuals its hard to tell you about all of them. All you need to know is they are all such kind and caring free spirits :)


....little line from a little book...

Less hasty am I than the wind, yet i must go. We wanderers, ever seeking the lonelier way, begin no day where we have ended another day; and no sunrise finds us where sunset left us. :) 


Lovin you all...keep smiling everyday and be thankful for what you have..constantly remind yourself about your blessings...life is beautiful and a huge blessing within itself

PICTURE TIME!

mmm tasty

relax

bald we camped on

max patch

max patch drying out gear

me a hoopin

boys will be boys - bitte goat and cookoo

i hoop on mountian tops

hiking all day cookoo, k2, long gone, wal mart

mountains are meant to be climbed - hot foot, shaman, cookoo

cheoa bald campin

smokeys pines

blood mountian snow

blue mountian sheleter (coldest night ever)

 b-line and why not kickin it

wal mart, k2 and cookoo