Time for Mom K to keep up the blog for Rob. He took a long train ride yesterday, his leavetaking rendered a little easier for his mom and dad due to the presence of his sister Jess who accompanied him as far as Penn Station in NYC, her home. Our excitement over his trip almost makes up for how much we are going to miss him.
He called at 9 AM from Amicalola State Park, which is "beautiful!" He arrived in Georgia right on time and was able to take a hostel shuttle to the park rather than a taxi. The weather is gray and drizzly, but warm, and he is itching to get started. So rather than spend the night at the lodge in Amicalola, as planned, he is signing his first trip register and starting his trek a day early, April Fool's Day.
Happy trails, Rob!
PS: We heard from Rob at around 2 PM - he had made the 8 mile hike (in the pouring rain by that time) to the top of Springer Mountain and the official beginning of the AT for northbounders.
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Go Rob!
The rockin' cousins
I saw Rob off on Saturday morning, where we rode the train together (I got off in New York, and did not continue on with Rob to nowhere) and I treated him to his last Connecticut restaurant meal: a delicious, rubbery Subway sandwich. Then we boarded the train where all of the most annoying people in the world swiftly located our car and surrounded the area. We overheard one fresh faced youth call her father and demand rent money (she got off in Manhattan) and attempted to ignore six or so middle-aged women on a Gotham-bound quest to find their inner Carrie Bradshaws.
Since Rob will be spending six months away from his childhood best friend, television, he will have to rely on me to understand all the most importantcy things that are happening in the world. Today in stupid people, John McCain is tooling around Iraq (in a bulletproof vest) and proving points. Thanks to America's war efforts McCain has declared Baghdad to be “safe,” which is a great validation for me and Rob, as we’ve felt for years that nothing says ‘I trust you’ like Kevlar. Unlike Soledad O’Brien and the rest of America I am not blindingly obsessed with the pet food crisis, and lawyers everywhere saw a victory when Britney Spears settled her divorce with Kevin Federline on Friday for a scant one million dollars.
Well that’s all, I’m off to work so I can make brands more brandier.
-Jess
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