Summer, June 21st

Last night was my first and last night sleeping in the Shenandoahs. No bears made any appearances during the night as I hear is common. Duck was snoring up a storm last night, I could hear him all the way from his tent, that made sleeping a bit hard.

Today is the first day of summer. Also hike naked day. I didn't strip down and hike, nor did I see anyone but later on I ran into Black Bear and Short Cake and heard that they hiked naked in the morning for awhile.

It was such a hot a gross day that Uncle Puck, Dirty Duck, and I decided to hitch into Front Royal for dinner and frozen yogurt. I really just wanted some AC and a bathroom to clean up in. We ended up going to this Thai place and they had thai iced tea, my favorite!!! We didn't originally plan to stay the night here but after dinner we decided to do so anyways. While walking over to a cheaper motel we saw Still Hank and Catfish! They had a hotel room here and let us stay the night. Earlier today there was a KKK gathering in town which they got to see. They went up to some of the members and messed with them by giving ridiculous answers to the things they said and asked. A man was telling them how gays were fueling the adult diaper industry from not being able to hold their bowels and Catfish told him that that has been his experience too. It was hilarious, I wish I could have seen that myself.

So my right toenail is becoming a problem again. The nail is halfway grown out and starting to grow into my skin in the front instead of on top of my toe. I spent a good deal amount of time freaking out and calling to try to make appointments with a podiatrist and soaking my foot to try to trim the skin back. The skin was incredibly sensitive. I ended up taping the skin on the front of my toe forward to try to pull it down for the nail to grow over. Hopefully that'll help.

The frozen yogurt place on my map had gone out of business and we were recommended to try this place called C&C frozen treats instead. Duck and I walked over and found the best ice cream place in the world!!! The place has a carousel pony theme to it. They had so many flavors of house made ice cream! They kept the vanilla and chocolate in the back and won't let you order them unless you sample at least three different flavors. It was so delicious that I ended up getting 2 double scoops of ice cream I got blood orange, tangerine, green apple, and pear. There were so many other flavors that I wanted to try, I wish that this place was close by to me. Their menu of flavors is forever changing. I got to watch a woman order vanilla and then have to try 3 other flavors, she ended up choosing a flavor she sampled instead of vanilla. It's such a cool rule!

Tonight in Front Royal I'm at mile 969.7 with 1220.1 left to go.