march 12- long day, camped alone

I hiked far today. Really far. And im camping by myself for the first time. Its not a shelter or a campsite. Its a little clearing near the road, near dicks creek gap. Its close enough to the road that i can see cars driving past, but they cant see me. They call this stealth camping. I left the blueberry patch this morning, after another awesome blueberry patch breakfast. I helped gary clear the table, then he called me into the kitchen, and we spoke about religion for a few minutes. One of the other guests from the day before had told him i was jewish, and he wanted me to know that he and his wife love jewish people, as they are from the same bloodline as jesus, as well as being fellow humans. We spoke about finding god, or jesus, or religion in general. The blueberry patch is renown for having the best breakfast of any hostel around, but its also known for gary and his wife lennie, who run the blueberry patch. The blueberry patch is a garage converted into a two room guesthouse, its heated, and has a stove and fridge, and 6 small bunks, and large beds. Gary and lennie live in the house. And run a farm in their backyard, with donkeys, goats, and of course blueberries. Frank, who gave me a ride yesterday, told me he takes his kids to the blueberry patch during the summer to pick blueberries. Back to gary and lennie, they are known to be generous, patient, and above all, religious people who love people and want to do what they can to help people, they open their home to hikers, and all hikers know they are welcome at the blueberry patch as long as theres space, though gary will usually let you sleep on the floor if all the beds are taken. I almost ended up sleeping on the floor there last night, when another hiker walked in from the rain at 730pm. The only spot left was the couch, which was where i ws gonna sleep, but new hikers take precedence, and it was mu second day there. So i told gary that the newcomer can have the couch and ill take the floor, under the table. Which is where gary prefers people sleep if they sleep on the floor because they wont trip anyone waking during the night to go to the bathroom. As i was sweeping the kitchen, molly came in to help. I told her i didnt need help, that i was just sweeping under the table so i can sleep there. She asked sarah, another hiker, if they can share the big bed, and molly let me take hers. Before we went to sleep, dj called a chabad a few towns away to see if they can accomodate us for passover. They said theyll get back to us.... Back to the hiking today, i hitched a ride from the bluberry patch back to unicoi gap, and dj got a ride from gary to dicks creek gap. About 18 miles away from where i started. I quickly caught up to traillite, as hes quite overweight and hikes very slowly, and we hiked together for a few hours. It was relaxing going so slowly, and i still wanted to take it easy on my ankle, but by 2pm, after 4 hours of hiking, we had only gone 4.5 miles. I told him i need to catch up to dj. And i hiked ahead. I was planning on only hiking 5-8 miles today, but instead went 18, on one leg and two trekking poles. Once i was halfway from unicoi to dicks creek, i decided to just go all the way to dicks creek. When i got here i refilled all my water, then cooked dinner and tried to make a fire, the wood is still very wet from yesterdays rain. So it didnt catch, and i didnt put much effort in. Im in my tent now, my new tent, which is smaller and lighter, and feel slightly cramped, especially for a two man tent. Its dark, and getting cold very quickly, im hearing sounds in the woods and im uncomfortable being here alone. Its gonna be a long night. Plus i heard the temps will be in the low 20's.