day is taking place. we are worn OUT after making it through the white
mountains. i am looking forward
to sitting around and drinking mountain dew all day.
people always ask what we do besides hike. well..sunday when the trail went by an old man's house, we sat on his front porch and ate ice cream he gave us. then he taught us the fine sport
of croquet (yes tony won...). AND the best part of the whole day was when we were reunited with our friends daisy and James! we were separated 2 weeks ago and it was so wonderful to see them again. i literally went to bed smiling.
and just yesterday, we went into a senior citizens/community center and did laundry and took showers. all for a mere $5. oh the things we take for granted at home.
and we got attacked by yellow jackets so that is super exciting. my sisters know my fear of stinging bugs is rooted in the old wasp sting to the face story where I ended up with a even chubbier face that I already have and 3 overjoyed sisters. anyways, I got stung 3 times and tony got stung once (pictured below)
so, we are done with the 100
mile wilderness. are done with the mahoosucs. done with the white mountains. we have walked the impossibly beautiful franconia ridge. they say this 20% of the trail contains 80% of the work. all the hikers going north tell us "y'all have done the hard part first" "it's all a joke after this" etc etc.
SO our plan is to amp up our
mileage and knock the remaining 1700 or so miles out before december. my DREAM is that it will be before thanksgiving!
my next post, Lord willing, will
be from Vermont! it's only a mile away so I'm tempted to go there today....
****please pray for our friend don. he had to go home for a little while due to some health issues. he is 64 and the trail is hard enough on us youngins. we miss him very much!*****
Awesome!
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