Date: 2004-10-31
From: Salisbury, Ct.

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

Zero miles todayMoosie's home, New Milford, CtSalisbury, Ct. (trail)I had a little trouble waking up this morning because I was up until well after midnight last night catching up on some emails and journaling. It was great seeing Moosie, Mrs Moosie and Goldilocks again yesterday and today. I heard some noise upstairs, so I went up to see if there might be some coffee close to the noise and there was!! Goldilocks had to eat early because he had to go to work. It's Halloween and he went to work with three inch black eyes and a pure white face. Mrs Moosie was busy making a huge breakfast. She made a large bowl of baked cheese grits, bacon, sausage and eggs. This is a great place for hikers to come, but they made me promise not to give out their address again. I don't think I'll get in trouble if I say they are located in a nice two story house in New Milford, Ct. We ate, talked and enjoyed a Sunday morning together. After we cleaned up the kitchen, we got ready to go for a walk...yep, Moosie wanted to take me and his dog, Stu, for a walk on the A.T. I thought this was a zero day!! It was nice to get out and only walk two miles for a change. I just didn't get tired at that mileage. We went to a trailhead about 3 miles north of Kent, Ct and walked along the Hoosatonic River. That was part of the A.T, but I'll probably have to re-walk it in a few days. Stu is their English bulldog and he likes to sprint full out for 34 feet and then he takes a break. After he rests up, he sprints for another 34 feet. He'll turn around and wait on you when you don't run with him. He only got sidetracked when he could get to the shore and walk into the water. Moosie tried catching some falling leaves, but wasn't very coordinated, so the official count right now is; Moosie..zero Hippie..61 Stumpy..77and I heard that Mailar has gotten into the game with 2 confirmed catches while he was out deer hunting up in Maine. Mrs Moosie is smarter than I thought because she didn't get involved in this fierce competition.She just picked up nice leaves off the ground to decorate for Thanksgiving. It was a nice day to walk by the river and there were quite a few people out enjoying an exceptionally warm day. It got up to 67 degrees and was mostly sunny. We came back and Moosie and I seam sealed two silnylon tarps that he and Goldilocks are going to use on their '05 thru hike and I resealed my tent. I finally started springing a couple of leaks in my tent. This is only the 3rd time I've had to seal it in over 400 nights of use. The rest of the day we just sat around mostly doing nothing. It feels great not to do much for a change. We grilled huge hamburgers for dinner and had zuccini and a very good french onion soup with melted cheese on top. The Moosie's have gone out of their way to make sure my ribs weren't sticking out when I leave here. Dinner was very good and then we cleaned the kitchen and I sat down and answered alot of emails. I still have a few that I need to answer and I'm hoping I'll get to them before I leave here tomorrow. I called Dr Dolittle and she was only about 900 miles away and planned on getting to RI tomorrow afternoon. I promised her I would go over and help her move into her apartment and then we should be able to get out and hike the trail together for a while. I'm just not sure how everything is going to work out yet, but it will and I'll be back on the trail soon. I went downstairs and Goldilocks got out his acoustic guitar and played it for about 40 minutes. He is really good and played some very difficult songs. I could sit and listen to someone play a guitar for hours without ever getting tired of listening. I went back upstairs and sat on the couch and wrote somemore emails while Moosie watched a movie. I got tired and realized that I'm not used to the new time change, so I went downstairs and layed down and updated my journal. I got on Moosie's computer and added some hits to my journal. I figures that if I'm going to catch Liteshoe that I need to get moving on my counter. I know she is still worried because she makes referrence to it everytime I get an email from her. I could still use a little help with the clicker though, because I'm not around computers very often to add to mine. But when I am... Another great day on (or near) the A.T.