Date: 2006-08-03
From: Salisbury, CN, White Hart Inn

To: Salisbury, CN
Miles today: 0.0
Weather: scattered clouds

When I looked at the thermometer at the drugstore here about 4:30 this afternoon, it read 99* -- in the shade. Add 90+% humidity and you have a hot day. We are all glad we zeroed.We slept in until about 7am when Veto got up to head to have blood drawn at the nearby town of Lakeville. He was back within about 20 minutes, so that means he got a quick hitch over there and back. Later Bigfoot needed a blood test and he also got a ride quickly. The driver even brought him back when he found he had forgotten the prescription for the test. Who says people in CN aren't friendly. Overall we've all remarked about how generous folks have been to us.While Veto was gone, I finished up yesterday's journal and then sent all the journals out as mails.After Veto returned, we checked for breakfast options and wound up having breakfast here at the inn. It was a good omelet and we were glad to see Veto eating all his breakfast.After breakfast, I headed out the few blocks to the library -- this town has the distinction of having the first public library in the U.S. I checked a few things and was ready to post my trail journals when I noticed Carol already had all but yesterday's posted. Thank you Carol! And thanks to all who are signing my guestbook.Returning, I checked out the local supermarket and bought a few things, including a pint of Ben&Jerry's for a 1000 calorie load, and a few other things to serve as lunch. Most of the afternoon was spent relaxing until around 3:30pm when we all walked the few blocks to the village center. Veto and I had maps to mail home. We all needed to resupply for 2 days, since we were down to almost nothing, but decided to return closer to dinner to get supper from the deli.Veto had a prescription for Doxycycline to fill as a precaution, in case his test for Lyme comes back positive, since the doc here will be on vacation next week when the results come back. (His strep test came back negative.) Since he ate a good breakfast and lunch and got a nap, he is looking and feeling a lot better.Later the FDOM gathered in our room to plan the next section of the hike through Hanover, NH, where we should be for a zero around August 22 & 23. That's where I'll next see Carol. It will have been a long time and I've already been missing her. The next 2 days will be low miles, but we'll have some decent climbs. Veto is looking at these as a test of how he'll do. I hope the combo of low miles and milder weather coming in tonight is good for him. I think it will be, as he seems to be following the same course of symptoms I did. At about 6pm, Bigfoot and I returned to the deli to get dinner -- chicken fillet on whole wheat hard roll, macaroni salad, fruit cup, and a huge brownie for me, chased by a pint of milk and a pepsi over ice. As we returned the sky looked threatening, and a few drops of rain hurried our pace. As it turned out, there wasn't much rain with the front that came through. Veto and I ate dinner in the wicker chairs on the porch of the inn and noticed a cooling trend with both a drop in temperature and humidity -- just as the weatherman predicted. It should be a nice day to hike out tomorrow for an easy 10 miles.On! On!