march 10-11 staying at the blueberry patch

Today is my second day at the blueberry patch, and my third zero day. Well yesterday was a nero, in which i hiked only 2 miles to get off the mountain. Carlies mother gave me a ride from unicoi gap to the blueberry patch. I dropped my stuff there, and met gary, the owner of the blueberry patch. Then me and bill who also goes by woodman, hitchhiked into town. We got a ride from a guy in a pickup truck who told us to sit in the flatbed. It was really cool sitting out in the opwn watching the landscape zooming past. When we got to town We checked out the outfitter, which is more of a garage with some hiking supplies, and i asked if they can get me an ultralight 2 man tent. they said it was no problem and theyll have it by morning. Then me and bill went to ingles, the local supermarket, and resupplied our food. Didnt have to buy much food though, because the hiker box at the hostel had plenty of food that other hikers had left. We hitched back to the hostel, i took a shower and shaved while gary washed my clothes. Most of the hikers had come back, and someone made dinner for everyone. We all tried to go sleep shortly after, but one of the hikers, andrew, was snoring so loudly that everyone had a hard time sleeping the entire night. He was still snoring in the morning, and so was renamed earplugs, because he should give them out to anyone sleeping in the same area as him. Gary and his wife served breakfast, then gary drove some hikers to the trail at dicks creek gap. A few of us stayed behind, some because of the weather, and me because my ankle is still bothering me. I got a ride into town from gary, and shipped 4lbs of stuff, along with 6 more lbs of tent, then went to the outfitter and bought a lightweight tent, my pack is below 50lbs even with alot of food and water. After that i went back to ingles and picked up ingredients to make pizza. Then i hitched a ride back to the hostel with a guy named frank. He's a real estate agent in atlanta, and owns some property in hiawassee. He had his two little girls in the car, and he told me that his son wants to hike the trail after high school. When we got to the blueberry patch he took a picture of me with his kids, that i think he wants to post on this blog, im just not sure if people can post here. Me molly and andrew made the pizza, which was with vegetarian meat and nachos. And shared it with the other hikers here. Dj showed up shortly afterward when gary came with some more people from the trail. Gary told me i can stay another night here, but new hikers take precedence over second timers, and all of the beds are full. Another hiker, prayer walker, told me i can split a room with her at the holiday inn if i like, so im debating hitching to get there. Though i might just stay at the blueberry patch because its raining hard outside.