Day 5: 8/14/17
Remember the Green Mountain House Hostel from my 2015 AT hike where I finally got a shower, washed my hair and got to shave my legs and then angels sang? Yeah. Well here I am again. And, yes—I got a shower, washed my hair and shaved my legs for the first time in 5 days and yes, the angels sang again. I’ve worn the same clothes for the last 5 days and they even got washed today.
Thumbsucker and I got up early this morning and headed out of camp after some warm oatmeal. We made our way down the trail for the 8.9 miles to the road that leads into Manchester Center. At one point on the trek today we were about 3 miles from the road and a couple who had started a day hike from the road hiking southbound passed us. Caitlin and I both literally turned when they walked by and I actually said outloud, “Wow, you guys smell really good.” They smelled like fresh laundry. It was such a good smell. I can’t even describe how we smelled, but their aroma made us stop in our tracks and inhale deeply over and over again. It really is the little things. Lol
So we made pretty good time and got down to the road. There was a Scottish man standing by the road hoping for a ride. He wasn’t having any luck. Cars were rushing by. We told him he had to stick his thumb out to solicit a pick up. Caitlin and I dropped our packs and stuck our thumbs out and within 2 minutes a Subaru pulled over and we all 3 quickly jump in. The lady driving introduced herself as Margaret, the local pastor. She was super friendly and very comedic. She kept us laughing the whole way to town. She was telling us to eat at Thai Basil and said she use to work there as the bartender. I asked if she was a bartender before she became a pastor and she just replied, “both”. She was very kind and we were very appreciative of her kindness.
Margaret dropped us off at Thai Basil and we enjoyed a delicious meal. We then went across the street to the ice cream shop (this is where Ben & Jerry’s is made). Dancing Bear, Uncle Puck and JP were all there. Caitlin joined them for ice cream and I went next door for a cup of coffee.
Caitlin and I went to the Outfitter and actually found a couple of things we needed in the free hiker box. We then went into a local co-op art gallery and on to a Natural Market where we got a couple of other things we needed.
We had reservations at the Hostel so we called and Duffie came to pick us up and get us from town to the hostel where we were able to unpack and clean up and pick up our resupply boxes of food we had sent ahead. I actually only had one dinner (the one I had to miss the night of the storm) left in my pack. So I was almost out of food
Here tonight so far are the 2 of us and another young girl from London named Grounded (because she falls a lot) and another guy from FL, whose name I don’t know
Duffie will deliver us back to the trail at 8 am tomorrow so we can keep moving forward.
Now to go load Olfrie down with my resupply. Yay 😊 and Ugh 😑.
Speck In The Woods 
Every day I look for new entries. Every day I’m sad when they are not there……. 😦 Looking forward to the next posts of new adventures on the trail!
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