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                                        Morgantown to Clarksburg to Flatwood to Beckley, WV

Tuesday June 3, 2008
     

     1:52pm  I am leaving for good.  I left the house.  Steve and Swann’s apartment.  Jayme is kind of starting to get on my nerves.  She’s just being real negative about things.  She’s still tied down.  Mostly because of her dog/son.  She can’t walk with me.  Anyway, I don’t know where I’m going to go.  I’ve got a month to kill before The Longest Walk gets to D.C.  I kind of want to explore West Virginia some more.  I’ll go South. 

      2:18pm  I just had an awesome presentation with like thirty two kids right now in front of the Dairy Queen.  Right when I walked to High Street from Steve’s some kid at the Dairy Queen yelled at me, “Long-distance walker!  Come here!”  He told me he wanted me to tell his health teacher my story.  His teacher was there with two classes and I put on my show for them.  After the presentation I saw this girl smiling at me who looked really familiar.  It was Laura!  The girl who gave me the CamelBak the other day(05-28-08, 11:53am).  She’s going to give me a ride to the onramp so I can skip town!  How sweet! 

      2:35pm  I just got dropped off over by the highway.  I’m going to aim for Charleston and Huntington.  College towns, I think. 

      2:43pm  The greedy ass manager at the Arby’s told me no.  Man, nobody wants world peace, hehe.

      2:44pm  The manager at the Arby’s told me no, but all of a sudden Ashton volunteered me some money.  I appreciate it, brother.  I was just testing you, you passed. 

                     That was awesome!   I got hooked up with three dollars right after the scared manager told me no.  I’m not even wearing my WPTMJ shirt.  Right now I’m looking for the Pizza Hut.  I see a big sign for it, but I’m not sure exactly where it is.  Ashton gave me four dollars, so I’m going to buy some food.  Probably at McDonald’s.  They have a dollar menu. 

      2:51pm  I walked over to the Pizza Hut and asked them if they had any mistakes.  The guy said no.  They’re all dead anyway.  I’m going to McDonald’s to hit up their dollar menu. 

      3:04pm  Man, even before I got to the onramp some guy had already pulled over for me!  He’s giving me a ride to Fairmont.  I appreciate it, brother. 

      3:34pm  Dave is his name.  When we got to Fairmont he stopped at some place and bought us some ice cream.  The ice cream is about twice as tall as the cone it’s on.  It was drizzling, so he brought me over to this carwash nearby.  I donned my WPMTJ shirt and I’m going to go to the onramp now.  

       3:49pm  In no-time, like right when I got to the onramp these two dudes pulled over for me.  I got another ride.  I’m already going to Clarksburg. 

      4:04pm  I just got dropped off in Clarksburg.  I’ve been here before.  Meadowbrook Mall is right here.  This dude gave me some Tremedol.  I took four pills.  He said it was non-narcotic.  I’m going to walk to the onramp.

      4:05pm  See, after Dave left me at the carwash, there was some dude who came around and talked to me.  I gave him my website and walked over to the onramp.  Lo and behold, they stopped at picked me up.  He gave me four dollars.  I’m going to buy some cigarettes, hell yeah. 

      4:42pm  It started to drizzle so I came back to the Exxon.  I stood at the onramp for a while.  Soooo many people read my shirt.  

      5:05pm  I had gone back to the Exxon and started telling the cashier Stephanie my story.  She’s got a beautiful twang.  Right now I came back to the onramp.  It’s not drizzling that hard now.  I pulled out sign that says SUPPORT THE CAUSE.  Let’s see if it helps. 

      5:15pm  In no-time Jim was nice enough to pull over for me. 

                    Holy shit!  What a great ride.  I just got dropped off in Flatwood because Jim said there wouldn’t by anything else where he was going.  Jim is seventy-eight.  He actually listened to me great.  He frowned at marijuana, though. 

      6:43pm  In no-time, right when a cop was going to tell me to leave, Dale is being nice enough to give me a ride.  I appreciate it, brother.  Everybody gets credit, thanks.  I’m going to Beckley. 

      8:12pm  I just got dropped off in Beckley.  Tamarack Travel Plaza is where I am at.  I wonder if the cops will give me any grief here.  I don’t have any weed on me. 

      8:23pm  I went in the gas station to ask where the college was.  I need to do some typing.  The dude I asked didn’t know where it was.  I hit him up for my story and he quickly agreed.  He’s got two kids with him.  Malachai and James.  He just volunteered me a couple cigarettes.

      8:39pm  I just weighed myself with my bags on and stuff.  I weigh 220 with my bags on and stuff.  Now let’s see how much without.  Hmm, 220-162.  59 pounds I am hauling. 

                  Oh yeah, Dale let me have a blue tarp. 

                   I was told to walk up Harper Road to aim for the college. 

                  Whoa, it’s already nine?  It’s not even all the way dark yet. 

                   I talked to this beautiful exchange-student Bulgarian girl at the Travel Plaza.  Ketten, I think her name is. 

                   I came to the COMAC food store and directions to the college.  They told me it was three miles away.  It’s pretty late.  I’m not going to the college.  I’m going to try and tell my story one last time(for the day).

      9:34pm  I came to the COMAC and asked where the college is.  I’m not going to go there today.  I am telling the cashiers John and Crystal my story(in between customers, of course)  John just let me get a cup of coffee before I start and a cigarette.  Everybody gets credit, thanks. 

 

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