Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Trail Journal 08.21.02

In and out of Hanover, NH in less than 24 hours.  Got in yesterday around 2:00 PM after walking 10 miles from White River, VT--last 1.5 was all roadwalking through Norwich, VT and across the Connecticut River into New Hampshire.  Found a "crash pad" for hikers at Panarchy House near Dartmouth College.  The space was essentially the basement of a coed fraternity of some sort.  It was grungy and reeked of sweaty packs but it had a shower.  I tried to go to the Eastern Mountain Sports store in W. Lebanon but discovered that I couldn't pull it off with public transportation and gave up.  Bought groceries and had Thai food with Kutsa, Montreal, Pop Tart and Pinata.  This morning we ate at Lou's Diner and I hit the library for about an hour and a half.  Did email and talked to Maggie, my brother Neil and friend Bev Carver.  Finall got out of town aroud 12:30.  Day was cool in the shaded of the woods, trail was good and I made good tilme to Moose Hill Shelter.  Had to climb 2,222 feet and another ridge earlier but walking was decent.  I motored along at a brisk 2 mph with only three short breaks.  It was pleasant. 

We seem to be ending this hike in much the same company as we started with.  Radar is now behind us, having gone to SC with Southpaw for his grandmother's funeral.  The Hammock Brothers are just ahead of us; they passed through Hanover yesterday.  Slog and Swamp Donkey caught up with us in town and are camping somewhere on the ridge above.  Any opportunity to catch up with old friends is okay with me.

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