Day 139 oqossoq 13 miles

I started out early this morning feeling a bit sheistered by the people at the cabin. Yesterday didn't need to be the 10 mile day that they insisted on. I met Inchworm for the first time and her husband Sherpa for the second time. We started out and had a mucky but rough day.

Day 137 Mahousic Notch 17 miles

I got up early this morning and left the boys only to have them pass me at about 12 at mt success. They waited at the Maine border for me and we celebrated our last state. We were going to hike the Mahousic Notch together but I arrived to late to meet them. I hiked till 10 pm and camped in the notch.

Day 132 Mizpah Hut 10 miles

Today I got up early to find a slug had crawled into my camp shoe. I dug it out with my comb. As usual, Walker headed out about an hour before me. I left at 630 and made it down to Crawford Notch. I hitch hiked into the AMC centre for breakfast and to catch up on email. A lady gave me a ride back and I headed up the cliff. It was an exciting morning with a lot of rain and then clear skies at the top. I hiked into Mizpah shelter to find six of the weekend warriors I met the day before at the hut. I will do work for stay here tonight and hopefully head up and over Mt Washington tomorrow.

Day 131 Ethan pond campsite 12 miles

I said goodbye to nectar, spitz and sww and the crew at the hut and headed north after a big breakfast. Walker came through and we sang him happy birthday in Spanish before he took off. The day was relatively easy. I hit the Zealand hut late at about 2pm and ate the leftover morning pancakes while chatting with weekenders. I headed off and got dumped on by rain during the last hour. I was throughly soaked by the time that I got to the campsite to join walker. I'm getting sick of flicking slugs off my gear when I wake up in the morning. I have a old and the chills and am hoping it won't affect me as I summit washington tomorrow.

Day 130 galehead hut 10 miles

The mountains today were rough but fun. I headed up the steep embankment of rocks that Cam said had all been put there by summer workers over the years. I met several cool southbounders today including a guy named yonder and another guy named smithee. We exchanged a lot of information which slowed my hike but made for a great day. Smithee gave me the last of his food because he was on his way to town and yonder gave me a homemade sesame bar. I will try to resupply tomorrow. I made it to the hut and met southbounders spitz, nectar and sww. The crew here fed us very well. We did work for stay and will sleep on the floor tonight.

Day 129 liberty springs campsite 11 miles

Today I got up after having a long conversation with a southern baptist minister and unicorn. I headed out and made it to my first hut in the whites. They fed me soup, gossip and brownies. After a while I headed out down to the main trail head and under the highway. I got up to the campsite by. 6pm where I did a work for stay with cam. 

Day 128 Eliza brook shelter 14 miles

Today I finally made it I to the whites. I got over Mausilake and had a lot of fun with the first real climb in a long time. I am surrounded by section hikers. There was trail magic to get me to Eliza's.

Day 127 Jeffers brook shelter 8 miles

I got up planning to do a long hike with a small resupply in Warren. I hitched in to the post office to find that my shoes had not arrived. This sucks as my shoes are almost toast. In the post office a lady asked me back to her place for a sandwich. I ended up saying yes but resupplying first. I couldn't help myself from ordering a bacon and egg cheeseburger. Ellie and her husband Greg drove by the gas station and picked  me up. I ran into edi, a Peruvian lady who is section hiking the AT with her husband from Texas. I ended up chatting with Ellie and Greg for a couple of hours before they returned me to the trail. They were fascinating people heading to Spain to do the camino.

Day 126 dancing bones 22 miles

Worn and I started out early and came upon the ice cream man bob who makes amazing coffee. His children were there for a family reunion so we met the whole gang. I was sick of doing low mile days so I pushed a bit harder after meeting a south bounder who told me about the community. I got there to discover that everyone was gone. I hung my hammock and cooked.

Day 125 trapper John shelter 15 miles

Today was incredibly hot and humid. It was hard going with worn as he is just beginning his journey. There was a family at the shelter.

Day 124 Velvet rocks shelter 3 miles

Worn heel and I got up and crossed the border into NH. We had breakfast at Lou's and I was surprised to find out that my credit card had finally in the mail. It took me several hours to get to the hotel and then I headed back again. I bumped into peanut bitter and Jelly and chatted as they fed me more trail magic by the side of the road. It was a great day.  Later on we headed out to The Dartmouth College Hiking Club houses were I was reunited with Vipul. the club fed us an amazing dinner and prepped us for the whites. Resupplied and full of food we nero- out of town.

Day 123 Norwich 18 miles

I came down off the mountain today with a shoe repairman from Minnesota named Worn Heel. I met him while hitch hiking in from the trail from Rutland. We came off the trail today to find trail magic at someone's house. While we were eating banana bread, the owner of the house, greybeard came out and introduced himself. We were lucky to have found such a warm and accommodating family. Him and his wife, short and sweet, told us they had son who had thru hiked and they had just section hiked the .smokies the week prior with their daughter, who had just returned home from Russia. Short and sweet washed our clothes while we showered and cooked an amazing meal of pasta, omelette and salad. We were spoiled. It was wonderful after so many days of rain. Their daughter, Moxi had spent her last year in Russia and we had a lot of interesting conversations about linguistics and intercultural communication.