Saturday 8/29/09
Weather: Rain all day
Today's Hike: Dunn Notch to East B Hill Rd. - 0.8 miles
It started raining at 2am and continued through the morning. We packed
up in the rain and made the short uphill hike to the road. Despite the
short distance I still managed to fall on my face once. Dam those wet
tree roots. What the heck are they doing just stickin' up in the
middle of the trail? Total hiking hazard.
Once we made it into Andover we started on our town chores; post
office, resupply, library..... and a stop over at the Red Hen for an
early lunch.
My stopover in the library brought on an unsettling
surprise; all of the AT pictures previously posted on the blog are
gone. It will take some time when I get home to round up pictures
again, but when I do I'll post a note to let everyone know they're
back up.
The rain was still coming down once we were done with our chores and
the temperature was quickly dropping. The locals kept telling us how
bad the weather was going to get over the next few hours and they were
strongly discouraging us from hiking out. We didn't need much
encouragement and we were soon standing on the front porch of Pine
Ellis Hostel. Apparently every hiker within a 20 mile radius received
the same news and they were also in town. We met back up with Billy
Hoot and Nutmeg, Inc., and Prairiedog and Angry Beaver. We also met
Whispy and Gritty McDuff who made for great company.
We all ate dinner at the local general store; pizza and Dr. Pepper,
and turned in early for the night. The bunk room is full of grey
beards, hope we'll catch some shut-eye.
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