Here is a special shoutout to Mike Evans of Front Royal, VA for being a no show on the shuttle that we arranged for Oct 10th
I called Mike about a month ahead of time and arranged everything. He quoted the shuttle at 140 which I thought was reasonable and told him to mark me down. I waited until 7 days before my trip, and followed up with everyone I had spoken with Hostels, shuttler and Mail drop (one of the hostel owners), and Mike Evans was the only one that NEVER even returned the phone call or email to cancel, just poofed into nothing.
Thankfully a good man by the name Mark "strings" stepped up and offered his services. I was informed along my trip by locals that Mike Evans Charges 240 for the trip that he had quoted for 140. So my first guess is that he later saw that he had made a mistake in quoting and instead of contacting me about it, just blocked my number and ignored emails. If he had just called me to talk about it, he could have saved a little reputation and just canceled but instead he left me out to dry. If I had not called to follow up I would have found myself standing on skyline drive, 120 Miles from the start of my trip with my trekking poles up my ars!
In the end it worked out, Big shout out to strings, who gave us the ride for $100 ($1 a mile) and had alot of great conversation for the ride. Thanks Mark, and for Mike...Tisk Tisk