22 May - Black Horse Gap

From PJ:

Bird.

[Catania's guess - it's a tree swallow...not sure though.]

Mountain Laurel

[Catania sent this video to PJ]:

Ha ha. I have a present for Rex, too. Not sure when I'll get it to him...

PJ's present for Rexman

It's a turtle shell.

Sorry...no red turtle shells out here, so he's going to have to [paint] it himself.

We're at Black Horse Gap right now. 741 miles. Cruising today because I stayed in Daleville last night and ate a bunch of food so I have plenty of energy. The last few days I had to ration my food, so I was crawling into town.

Also it's nice weather today which helps. It still rained for a bit, but nothing bad.

And I ate at Wendy's for the first time since college. Really the first time I ate any fast food besides Chic-Fil-A in over ten years. It was pretty good, too. I feasted for 7 bucks.

I haven't weighed myself, but I would bet I'm down 30 pounds since the last time you saw me. The baby bump is gone.

[Catania wrote to PJ - haha! Sweet! The AT weight loss protocol. Eat whatever you can shove into your mouth. And hike 750 miles in a month and a half!]

Yep. It's a beautiful thing. I actually look for the food with the most calories.

I really want sushi.