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yo we are in Damascus VA, after having climbed 3 mountains. We are trying to work on a budget of 10 dollars a day. So far we are doing less than that! but soon we will run out of cliff bars and have to buy a lot of food. Last night we stayed behind a beautiful log-cabin church in Konnarock, VA. A man named Buck gave us permission to pitch our tent behind the place. The church isn't used for services anymore, but you can have weddings there! 50$! Buck was REALLLLY nice, 81 years old, living with a cat. He brought Daniela Aloe for her sun poisoning and bought us breakfast in the morning. We bathed and washed our clothes in a freezing creek coming straight off the mountains. The Virginia mountains are sooo beautiful. The curvy mountain roads go alongside the winding creeks. Its great.
we've been eating so many cliff bars, Little Debbie fig bars, eggs, tomatoes, beans, salt!!! Its luxurious.

weve also met a few friends along the way. A british couple named Micki and Julie. We run into them a few times a day so we don't feel so alone! We also met a big family who is biking across together!!! so cute.

one day we saw these silver war planes zip over our heads. we were in farm country and all of a sudden we heard this terrible sound, like the sky was splitting in two pieces. then after the sound we saw these planes, but not at all where we had heard the roaring. it was kind of scary. We imagined it might be like that in war times... not to be dark or anything.


So right now we're in Damascus, which is this cute little town tucked between these big green lush mountains (that we biked over). Actually one of the best experiences yet was zooming down the mountain into town super speed. We use arms to brake (which means we raise them and the wind resistance slows us down). So in Damascus there are TONS of hikers. They're everywhere, crawling out of the woodwork. The locals don't really like them because they partay! We're in the library here now. we can't figure out how to upload photos, but i promise we have some seriously GLAM shots (by the way we haven't taken a shower in 4 days).


we are hoping to make it to the small town of Council today (pop= 900). It is several peaks away, so who knows.

we'll check in soon and hopefully figure out a way to upload photos.

Day -1

We are leaving tomorrow morning! Spent the day at REI talking to the interpreter to get the inside scoop on gear. We are ready to roll. Daniela got a ride with a body builder/specialist today to fix the knee. I (jocelyn) got a wink as they drove away.
All that's left is Daniela's new driver's license PLUS getting rid of an unfortunate butt cyst PLUS icing a knee PLUS saying goodbye to loved ones PLUS packing the panniers PLUS finding a place to sleep tomorrow PLUS practicing our mace skillz PLUS pedaling technique PLUS learning how to ride the bikes.

This trip is
Daniela
Jocelyn
Brahm
and
The Sheriff
A love square. And
four panniers
a tent
2 sleeping bags
one heavy jar of PB (daniela's carrying it)
one sharp knife,
chamise cream
Sun screen (expired, 2007)
Dr. Bronners
Olive oil in a travel sized shampoo bottle
and thats all.
thats not true

We wish we could take Helios and Ponceau but we cant.

This section is for farewells:
so ta ta! Au Revoir, sayonara!
We love you,

We know you may think we are trying to end leprosy and find ourselves in the great unknown
but we are really trying to get away from Lady Ga Ga