Date: 2004-07-07
From: Dr. and Mrs. Erdman's Hostel, Allentown, Pa.

To: Moosie's Hostel, New Milford, Ct.
Miles today: 0.0

Moosie's HostelNew Milford, Ct.Rainbow Slick had to leave for work at about 6:30am. I was sleeping in the luxury suite/ living room on an air matress, so I got to say goodbye and thanked him for feeding me for 3 days. I didn't get to stay in bed long because I had to take BearBait to Philly to catch a plane back to Houston, Tx and Goosebump The Snow Princess went along to see her friend off. Goosebump The Snow Princess looked good considering the early hour. She doesn't usually look that good until happy hour. We stopped by the Dunkin Donut and got coffee and a blueberry muffin to go. I thought we might get into some heavy traffic heading for Philly at rush hour, but it wasn't too bad. We got BearBait to the airport at about 8:30am and then drove back to Allentown, Pa. Goosebump The Snow Princess remembered where a diner was close by so we went there for breakfast. I wish I had a diner like The City View Diner near where I live. I would probably eat there every day. It was the nicest diner I can remember !ever being in. I made the mistake of telling Goosebump The Snow Princess that I would buy her breakfast...she ordered the Lumberjack Special. She reminded me that she was eating for two now that she's pregnant. We went back to The Erdman's Hostel and took a short nap and then I got ready to head on up a little closer to Maine. We hugged and said our goodbyes and I thanked her for being such a good friend. She really looked sad when I left, but then I saw that see signed my journal saying that I had been EVICTED. Boy, am I glad I picked up the extra credit card that was laying by the computer. Lets see, what would I like to buy with my new credit card?? I WASN'T evicted....I left that dive. They ended up being terrible host's too, they wanted to charge me for staying there and there wasn't even any beer in the fridge and their cat is FAT!!I left at 1am and headed for Ct. I drove from Pa. through NJ and NY and then into Ct. It wasn't bad traffic. I drove on the north side of NYC. I passed through Carmel, NY where my friend Krankin' lives, but I remember him telling me that he worked at a youth camp. Maybe I'll get to see him when I get in that area on my hike.I got to Moosie's Hostel at about 5pm. I saw Mrs. Moosie tending some plants on her porch and went up and gave her a hug. I was thinking to myself...it sure feels good to be home. Pretty soon Goldilocks came out and said hi. He and his dad, Moosie, are doing a nobo thru hike next year. I met Goldilocks and Moosie up in Maine last year. They were just out playing for about a month and hiking south thru Maine and some of NH. Moosie and Goldilocks both have base pack weights under 10 lbs and Moosie makes his own gear.Mrs. Moosie had to go to a meeting and left Moosie in charge of feeding me. She made a very good homemade pie and some chocolate chip cookies earlier. Moosie did a fine job on taking care of poor ole Stumpy. I was looking thin...almost malnourished after leaving the Erdman's Hostel. I had brushutto {sp?} and a good salad along with some oven baked potato halves with some olive oil and spices on them, steamed brocoli and some steaks on the grill. We sat around talking about hiking and the hiking community. We know alot of the same hikers from the last few years and we even found out that we had hiked around each other a few times without ever running into each other until '03 in Maine.Mrs. Moosie came back and we all had desert together. We took a few pictures and posted them on my journal. I saw that pathetic Jan Liteshoe has been adding a link to her journal again on my journal. She must be getting really nervous about my number of hits closing in on hers. I'm catching up fast!!! I wouldn't be surprized if she put a link to her website right here again. (Transciber's comment - "sure, why not?":http://www.trailjournals.com/liteshoe/)If she does, I may have to seek legal advice to stop this illegal use of my site. I have children that read my journal and they might click onto her R rated site.I called John Galt and made reservations at his place in Mystic, Ct for tomorrow evening. He threatened me about something he said I had written about him in an earlier journal entry. I assured him that I was NOT referring to him. ;o} It will be good to see ole J.G...I meen John Galt again. He's going to do the 100 mile wilderness and maybe a few extra miles just south of Monson, Me. with me. I wonder what we're having for dinner tomorrow night?I'm getting closer and closer to Maine!!!