day in atlanta

My day in atlanta was interesting to say the least. After i got off the train i waited at the nearest bus station to what i hoped was the train to the airport. When i got to the train station it was pretty straightforward. There was a train that went all the way to the airport. Well 2 , but they followed mostly the same route. Atlanta has 4 subway lines that intersect the city latitudinally and longitudinally. That is, two run striaght north to south and two run straight east to west, and they only go separate directions for the last few stops at the end of the line. So i took the subway to the airport expecting to get off and wait 11 hours for DJ to get off his plane from chicago. when i got to the airport it wasnt even 9am yet. And his plane was getting in at 7:30pm. So decided to ride each subway in atlanta in every direction. 4 hours later i was feeling like a hobo as i has slept much of my time on the subway, waking up at the end of each line to take it back the otherway. So i had run out of subway and was wondering what else to do. So i took the subway to the middle of atlanta where all all 4 subways cross. A station called 5 points. I walked around looking for something to do and i decidedc to find a starbucks using my gps, so that i can access the wifi with my phone. Found one about 10 minutes later, updated my blog,checked facebook, and then a homeless guy started asking me about my backpack, how much it cost, what i was doing, etc.. I told him about my appalachian trail plans, and then we spoke for the next hour or so about all the free stuff to do in atlanta. Evidently, on the first thursday of every month there are free art exhibits with free refrreshments, and thats how the homeless guy keeps himself occupied once a month. I left him to go find food. After snacking i found an army navy surplus store a mile away so i walked to it hoping to find fuel for my stove. They had nothing of use to me so i wanderedmostly aimlessly around. An asian guy at a convenience store told me how he always likes to bring weed when he hikes to help him sleep, which i guess is good advice. I headed to the airport around this time, about 7pm to go meet DJ. His flight got in about a half hour later. While waitimg i saw 3 other hikers in the airport. I can tell they were hikers from their backpacks. After DJ got in mahnu picked us up and drove us to his friend where we were staying for the night. We chilled, dj and mahnu jammed, some guys came over, then we had a schmoke and went for pizza. Me and DJ had an interesting convo when we got back. We spoke about our reasons for hiking the appalachian trail, as well how we expected the hike to be. We both have very different views and expectations. We have similar reasons to some extent, such as to get away from what we always do, and to go on a cool adventure. But our expectations are very very different. I might talk about them here some other time. Passed out shortly after that until morning