9\/17\/12 – 1732 miles
\nToday 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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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