Rainy days in Damascus, VA

Damascus is the home of the Appalachian "trail days", the annual celebration of the AT. This takes place in two weeks. We stopped here to wait out another thunderstorm and to resupply food. Everybody on the trail had the same idea so rooms were hard to find. Fortunately I found a 3 bed apartment so Ron, Gee, and I shared space again for 3 days. Monday, 5/6- This morning Shannon, our landlord, dropped us off 18 miles out of town on US HWY 58 for a hike back into town. We made great time and knocked off this section by 4:00 pm. On Tuesday 5/7 he will drop us off at the same location to head north once again and bid Damascus Adieu.