-Daisy from The Great Gatsby
June 21, 2001
So, I was so worried about getting my food package from the US Post Office, but...
"Shaw's" is the hostel I would be staying at in Monson. It didn't matter when I got to it!
Last night was a full lean-to with Slowride, Paul, Chris, and Josh tenting. Paul is walking to Vermont. There was Devon and Phil from Ohio whom we stayed with at the last lean-to before Carl’s [Carl NewHall Lean-to]. There were two weird guys and also an Israeli named Rotem. He talked a lot about his three years in the Israeli army in Lebanon.
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| Screw Auger Falls |
Today was my mom’s bday and the longest day of the year (still light out). Happy Birthday, Mom! Wish I could give a hug right now.
I hiked Chairback Mountain today which was very rough. I thought I was at the top when I looked up and saw this huge cliff looming a bit away. Sure enough that was the peak with a tight spiral stone stair cut into the cliff.
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| Looking down from top of Chairback trail |
The bad thing was I was out of water and had had a very small lunch. Tired.
Tired as I was, the view from the top was well worth it!
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| Nothing man-made is visible to my eye from the top of Chairback Mountain. Pristine. |
I climbed nevertheless and got to the lean-to just before Slowride moved on. I stayed and ate lunch with Josh from NC (?) who just graduated college with a philosophy degree. He is cool. The weird guys arrived (Josh calls them “Tankers” because they carry lots of fuel and give it out free). Josh and I set off to a lake 1.5 miles away and are tenting there with some locals (a father, 2 sons, and daughter?)
I prayed today for the NRVCC youth trip to FL going on like right now. Also for mom and dad in moving their home. I prayed for healing in my heels and back. I found some straps on the hip belt that help take load off the back, and I threw out my insoles which gave more room for my feet and now my heels feel fine! Praise God!
Tomorrow I try 14 miles and 10 next to Monson!
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