Day 29: Dead Phone, Wonderful Hosts
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Just after posting blogs last night my Samsung S4 bit the dust. It had been flaky for some time but reformatting the cache area seemed to fix things for a few weeks at a time. Not this time. Even a factory reset did not help. It rebooted itself every couple of minutes.
The nearest Verizon store was a 40 minute drive away. The owners of the hostel, Johnny and Charlotte Shores, offered to drive me to Johnson City today where Charlotte had an eye exam scheduled. What a lovely couple. We stopped for lunch then they dropped me at a Verizon store and picked me up 90 minutes later. It’s easy to see why Uncle Johnnie’s Hostel has such a reputation for friendliness.
I have a new S7 phone and will hit the trail tomorrow. I was a day behind schedule, now two. Gayle would rather pick me up next Thursday or Friday so it looks like I will end my hike in Damascus at around mile 470.