We left Daleville, VA today after a nice near-0 with Mom. The stretch of trail from Pearisburg to Daleville was amazing, with more than a few beautiful overlooks and cliffs. The weather's been a little obnoxious, getting frigid the day after I sent my winter stuff home. That meant a couple of really short days, getting into the sleeping bags in the early afternoon to thaw.

I've seen fossils, gotten blackberry pie from a USFS guy for breakfast on top of a mountain, dangled my shiny yellow shoelaces over a cliff, and eaten a whole lot of everything that happened to make the mistake of getting in front of my gaping maw. Today I packed out a big Entenmann's coffee cake and had half of it for dessert. Mmm, sweet gluttony.