Date: 2018-11-04
From: Stealth

To: Port Clinton
Miles today: 2.9
Weather: clear sky

Daylight savings time ended last night so woke up to sunrise at 6:30.  Snuggled with Rusty for awhile before packing up and heading to town for a much needed shower.  It was a pretty but rocky walk.  We saw a group of trail runners which really amazed me - cannot believe they can run with all the rocks without getting hurt.  They were laughing and enjoying themselves.  The downhill to town was steep and rocky too.  Once we got to Blue Mt Rd in Hamburg, I expected to walk the 1.2 miles to my hotel but the road PA 61 we would have to walk on was a busy highway.  I decided to walk a bit further to Port Clinton where I would get an Uber.  We crossed under PA 61 and then had a short walk beside the Schuylkill River to get to the town of Port Clinton.  I tried to get an Uber but none were available.  I searched guthooks and found a shuttle Eddie that could give me a ride.  He picked me up at the highly recommended The Peanut Shop which I was bummed wasn¢t opened.  Eddie was awesome.  He would not take money and gave me a huge food resupply!  He is hiking the AT with his 9 year old daughter Dancing Queen.  She is doing it as a fundraiser for St Jude https://goalexandriago.orgI¢m looking forward to following their journey!Fortunately I was allowed to check in right away and enjoy their complementary continental breakfast.  Then I took a wonderful hot, long shower!  Then we headed to Walmart to get a prescription.  What a mess!  I called Tues to have it filled.  I had to switch pharmacies since there is no CVS here.  Weds they left a message questioning if I really wanted the Hamburg location.  I called back and said yes and reminded them that¢s why it¢s a vacation override and I should be able to pick up 4 packs.  Thurs they left a message asking for the CVS number.  (I keep my phone in airplane mode during the day to save my battery.)  I talked to them 4 times before going to pick it up.  When I get there the cashier at the pharmacy had no record of me.  I showed her my phone showing all the voice messages from their phone number.  Finally the pharmacist came up and talked to me.  He found my information and then said he did not have that pill in stock but will order it to be there later in the week.  I asked why they hadn¢t told me that originally or order it earlier and he shrugged and said sorry.  So frustrating!  Then I went to the liquor store where I was informed they do not sell beer.  What!  Beer is sold at a distributor in PA and is closed on sundays.  The guys there were very nice though and did say that PA is changing that rule.  I bought a bottle of wine.  Then I headed back to my hotel.  I called Weis pharmacy and they do not carry that pill either but will order it and it will be in tomorrow after 3.  So I booked my hotel for another night.  I¢m taking the pill daily so I do not have to deal with having a period while hiking (sorry if that¢s tmi).  Now I can enjoy the skins game.  I did really want beer though so at half time I went to the bar in the hotel to see if I could get beer to go.  Yes!  I had 2 great PA beers both from Rusty Rail Brewing: Swing Tree white IPA and Fog Monster NEIPA.  It was an ugly game but still nice to watch laying in bed.There is no microwave or fridge in this room.  I planned on ordering Chinese for dinner but there is none that deliver here.  I went back downstairs and got nachos for dinner which were ok.  I read and watched football the rest of the night.