Date: 2005-06-24
From: Eagle's Nest Shelter

To: Eckville Shelter 
Miles today: 23.8
Weather: overcast clouds

This morning Stewie actually got up at 6 am when his alarm went off, so I felt obliged to get up as well. The walk into Port Clinton was short and mostly flat. The decent down into town was very short and steep.In town we stopped by the post office first. The lady working there was really nice, but had to give me 18 dollar bills as change from the letter I was mailing home. I didn't have anything smaller than a 20 and she din't have anything larger than a one. I left the post office with quite roll of cash.From the post office we stopped by the outfitter - Appalachian Outfitters. They have hiking and camping stuff there as well as kayaks and archery suplies. Stewie had ben having problems with the staps on his Granite Gear pack loosening so he caled the supplier from the store and left a message. We walked over to the Port Clinton hotel to get something to eat. It was about quarter to 11 andthey didn't open until 11 so we stopped into the peanut shop.We sat outside the hotel until it opened. The owner came out a few minutes before and we thought that we could go in then, but she was just comming out to clean the windows. A few minutes later she came out to put out the open flags we went inside.Stewie went into the men's wahroom, which was right inside the door. I walked towards the dinning room to sit down and as I was doing so the lady behind the bar asked "can I help you?" I said, a little puzzled, "I just want to sit down", to which she replied "have you had a shower". I didn't think that I looked very clean or that I probably smelled all that clean. I wanted to say "do I look like I took a shower, but instead I just said "no". She pointed to a sign by the door and said "you can't go in there. The cutomers are sickened by your smell and don't like it". I really didn't know what to say to that so I just wentand sat by the door. When I sat down over there she said, you can sit by the bar, so I moved there. Stewie cameoutandwe orderedour food. There realy wern't too many other people there. Two other hikers came in; the father and the daughter. It seemed kind of anoying that she smoked the entire time too. In Ontario you cannot smoke in any workplace o! r any indoor public pace including casinos. I would have to admit that the protion sizes were very generous. The large fries were larger than a newborn baby.Back at the outfiter Stewie called Granite Gear back and exchanged his pack for a new one. Both the gear company and the outfitter were very friendly and helpfull. Stewie thinks that the new pack works much better and is very content with the new pack.As we were leaving town we stopped ad were going to throw our cardboad boxes away in a dumpster. As Stewie was walking up he heared "nnnnno" from the shadows. He stopped moving and looked around. Then he continued to lift his arm to put the box in. Again he heard "nnnnnnno" and lady came out from the shadows and told him that the dumpster was private and that they paid for it.As we were leaving town we reflected that the only friendly person in the town was the lady in the post office. The walk in the afternoon was uneventful and hot. The Pinnicle was an awesome view that showed off the surounding farmland.We stayed at the Eckville shelter. It is in the backyard of the care taker. There is a shed with a solar shower and a flush toilet. The shelter has four walls and an electric light. There is a fridge outside the caretakers house where you can buy pop, juice, ice cream bars and cookies. Getting cleaned off and having an ice cream bar is a great end to the day.