Dead Eye

9/17/12 – 1732 miles
Today was a fun day. It was great having Daryl along to hike with and enjoy each other in this quest of mine. I thought I would have to slow down but he keppt right along with me and even walked out ahead for a while. Daryl is in great shape from playing basketball but I imagine he will be sore tomorrow from a different kind of exercise.

Yesterday, I hiked 16 miles to a shelter 4 miles from where I would meet Daryl. I only met two other hikers all day – Bad Penny and Kleenex. Kleenex was slack-packing a section to a road where she was supposed to meet her sister. Her sister never made it to the meeting place because the road was washed out so Kleenex had to walk 20 miles to another road. I lent her my headlamp in case it got dark before she made it. So today Kleenex Daryl, and I all started at the same place.

Kleenex hiked on ahead of us but we caught her srveral times during the day. Tonight we are camped in the back yard of of a couple who love hikers. It is in the town of West zHartford, VT. There is a deli in the general store a few houses down and we ate ice cream and hamburgers there. Just before dark, the three of us played Yahtzee – a game I downloaded to my phone – and then got into our tents as it started to sprinkle.

I think Daryl may have trouble adjusting to the time change, I’m not sure how much sleep he will.get.tonight. Oh, we already picked out a trail name for him – Dead Eye.

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7 Responses to “Dead Eye”

  1. Don says:
    August 17, 2012 at 8:28 pm

    Don’t you feel a little dirty hiking with a non-thru-hiker? 😉

    I bet Daryl is loving it and it’s the perfect name.

  2. Gma says:
    August 17, 2012 at 9:24 pm

    I’m so glad that you two are together for a few days.
    How’s the ankle?

  3. Gma says:
    August 18, 2012 at 1:02 am

    By the way, did you tell people that Daryl can hit the Bull’s-eye dead center at 250 feet with his bow and arrow, with his right eye shut? Isn’t that how he got his AT name?

  4. Daryl says:
    August 18, 2012 at 5:14 pm

    Mom,
    It’s for my famous basketball accuracy. They don’t call me Dead-Eye Daryl for nothing!

  5. Donna says:
    August 18, 2012 at 9:14 pm

    Hmm, Dead Eye. Yes, I like it. I bet Daryl won’t slow you down much at all.

  6. Dick says:
    August 18, 2012 at 11:05 pm

    Just be thankful I didn’t come join you. You’d be towing me in a wagon.

  7. Daryl says:
    August 19, 2012 at 7:25 pm

    Daryl slowed him down a little today. The new shoes didn’t really bother at all, no blisters or anything, but I didn’t have the stamina to march up that last 1000 foot climb. I had to take it slowly and catch up while Castaway rested at the top.

    Still, we did 16 miles and got to camp by 4 pm, so that’s not bad.

    I’m not used to being surrounded by people all in better shape than me, but I’d better get used to it.

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