May 24th

Pearisburg is a nice little town, though it has had better economic times, to judge by the number of empty storefronts downtown. To judge by the Confederate flags hanging in front of town hall, some foks are wishing to go waaay back. (Actually, the Civil War reenactors are recruiting).

Unlike Damascus, downtown is pretty spread out, so getting chores done is kind of a pain -- the laundromat is a quarter-mile from the hotel and both are a quarter-mile from the drugstore, so there's quite a bit of walking involved in getting thintgs done.

There is, however, a really excellent coffeeshop, which has free computer access, and actually has computers modern enough to allow the uploading of photos into the blog ... which is how I've just spent the last hour. But now it's late afternoon, and town chores done, I'm going to try to get a mile or two in before dark.

EDIT: Left Field and crowd got a box of frozen burger patties, and corn on the cob, and have fired up the grill next to the motel pool. I'll be here another night and leave in the morning ...