I know it has been a while since we blogged but we were having so much visiting we couldn't make ourselves write. We picked Will, Super Mike, Gilly, and Skywalker up Wed, afternoon in Hot Springs, NC. It was a feeling that is pretty indescribable when I first saw him walking down the sidewalk. The AT passes right through the small town so we were parked at the library just waiting for Will to arrive. A couple of hikers came into view but as they got closer I could tell it wasn't Will. Then a shirtless hiker came into view and I knew it was him. I ran up to meet him with tears in my eyes. Great! That's all I can say about that.
Will introduced us to a few of the members of his new family. First, Super Mike. Tall, born in the Ukraine, moved to NY in 1991, 1 younger sister. Gilly and Skywalker are brother and sister from New Hampshire. Gillian is Will's age and Skyler is 22. Both went to a private boarding school but were day students and both work at a restaurant. The other members of the family were a day behind due to going to Knoxville but we met them the next day - more to come about them.
We loaded the four hikers into our truck and started out for Johnson City, TN to meet up with my parents at the cabin. You can't imagine the aroma of four hikers in a closed truck for an hour. I had to crack the window a couple of times! They smelled pretty bad.
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