Day: |
106 |
Date: |
Saturday, 16 August 1986. |
Start: |
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Finish: |
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Daily
AT Miles: |
9.0 |
Daily Other Miles |
0 |
Total
AT Miles: |
2029.2 |
Total All Miles |
2087.2 |
Weather: |
Some rain, mostly fine. |
Accommodation: |
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Nutrition: |
Breakfast: Muesli, eggs, toast, orange
juice. Lunch: Burger, fries, ice-cream. Dinner: Steak,
vegetables, cake, ice-cream. |
Aches: |
None bad. |
Animals Seen: |
None. |
People Seen: |
2 AT Thru-hikers, 1 AT Hiker (southbound,
by sections), 5 overnight hikers, many others. |
Pictures: |
Here |
GPS Track: |
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Journal: |
Got up at 5am and packed and ate quickly
and left at 6:15am, just after a brief shower of rain. It was very
gloomy. I decided to just walk the nine miles into Monson non-stop
and hopefully get there early enough to ring both Marj and
Barb. The Trail through the forest was mainly on old logging tracks
and was wet and boggy, but there were long sections on the road
where I could keep the pace going. I got into the outskirts of
Monson, on a big lake, at about 9:15am and immediately found Shaw’s
Boarding House, where I planned to stay. I went in and the
diminutive operator, Keith (and his wife, Patty), told me I was in
time for breakfast and could make my calls from their phone. I
checked in, had my big breakfast, rang Marj (ticket had arrived) and
Barb before having a shower. I then went downtown, collected my
mail and did my shopping. Among others at the hostel were Jerry
(who I had hiked with in New Jersey, and who was apparently waiting
in Monson for me to catch up) and “Shutterbug” (Geoff). We went
down to the only restaurant in town for lunch and I read my
mail. It included a letter fromSyntec painting a less-rosy picture
of the job they were proposing to me. I was a bit annoyed, but not
surprised. During the afternoon I ate, watched baseball on TV, read
the paper and did my laundry. Also in residence was Bob Barker, an
MS sufferer, and an insufferable bore. After dinner I went for a
walk around town with Jerry and Geoff before returning to watch TV
until retiring about 10:30pm. During the day, Bo had rung to say
they would meet me on Monday for lunch. |
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