5.28 Tom Banks and I have hiked together all week, and it has been nice to have company on the trail and in the shelter. He is a nice guy and, of course, being a Park Ranger, a very knowledgeable one. And he is a good pacer; I like to walk behind him.
Today we hiked into Hanover, NH and stopped to replenish groceries, pickup mail and wash clothes. We got the mail and groceries, but the laundromat was inconveniently located on a road out of of town and we skipped that. The rains came and went all day, sometimes raining very hard and we decided to hike to the first shelter north of Hanover and spend the night.
It is a steep climb to the Velvet Rocks Shelter, but a short one. That helps, because we are both loaded with a six-day supply of food. The extra weight of the food is punishing. I eat the heavy stuff first. For example my breakfast this morning was peanut butter using a slim jim (pepperoni stick) for my spoon.
The next entry is probably several days away.
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