Date: 2007-08-25
From: Beaver Brook Shelter

To: Hiker's Welcome Hostel
Miles today: 9.0
Weather: few clouds

mi. 9.0sleep. bed/hosteldest. Hikers Welcome Hostel, Glenciff day 44 Well my plan for getting up at 5am worked out on the trail much like it does at home. I woke up, shut off the alarm, and went back to sleep. Luckily I got up juft before 6am. I was still able to pack up, eat, and hit the trail by 6:45am. Unfortantly at the top there was no views. I think the fog would have lifted if I would have waited, but no time for that. I didn get the chance to hike some more without the glasses. The fog was making them impossible to see out of. That always makes the hike a little more exciting. The trail down Mosealic was really easy. It was just a long down. It was some of the easiest trail today. One thing that really surprised me was how much the woods opened up on the way down. All the sudden the woods are filled with great hammocking trees. I got down to the hostel which is right across the street from the PO. Luckily it is only .4 miles off the trail so I didn't waste time trying to hitch. I managed to get my 2 packages and be sitting at the hostel by 11:30am. Not too bad. The best part is I picked up the new hammock. Tomorrow night will be night one. I'll report back on how it works out. Who did I see at the hostel but Balitmore Jack and Bag of Tricks. I talked with Jack some. He offered to take some of my extra stuff to Hanover for me. I should be there in 3 days. So I gave him a box with my hammock, bugnetting, 3.5L underquilt, mittens, and extra food. I asked my mom for a little more than I needed and she throw in a little extra. He said that I will be able to find him in Hanover. He said the coffee shop that he goes to in the afternoon and the bar he would be at that night. If he had to leave town he gave me the name of a store that he know the guy at that I could pick up the package at. Funny thing is that I lost his email address and the name of the store. It is a small town with really only 1 major street. So I should be able to find him. It will all work out in the end. I did get to drive today for the first time since I left. It felt really wierd. I'm really enjoying not driving anywhere. It is a lot less stressfull. I got to drive another hiker that is staying here car. A girl by the name of Bobcat. It is a real beauty too. An really 90's white Buick with a green hood and dent in the front right corner. It's aslo missing that turn signal. Like I said a nice ride. I was joking around with the guy that rode with me to the store. If I get pulled over I have no idea what her real name is. That would be a funny conversation with the cop. I was sitting around with 3 other northbounder watching a movie. I picked out the Reno 911 movie. I think the series is funny. I like the stupid funny shows. Oh I was laughing through the whole thing. I think I was the only one who liked i though. It was crazy hot today. Probibly close to 90. A huge change from what I had been seeing in the whites. We were all sitting around there sweating when I suggested we find a spot and go swimming. After all we had a car there. So Pack Rat, the owner of the hostel, told us about a good spot. We stopped by the store and picked up some beverages on the way. The spot turned out to be a couple deep poles under a bridge. I felt like I was swimming in a drainage ditch. But it was cold and clean. It felt great to swim, drink, and pretty much goof off with other people who were going through the same things I was. We were there for a couple hours and really had a blast. On the way back to the hostel we picked up some more beverages and some stuff to grill out burgers. It was a good thing that I decided to stay. At this point the sky really opened it. It was pouring rain with thunder and lightning. I was happy not to be out in it this time. The rest of the evening was spent relaxing, eating, and sipping on some cold beverages. All in all a great day. Oh, I almost forgot. The Ben and Jerry's flavor for Glencliff was Americon Dream. It is the flavor that Steven Colbert from the Colbert Report on Comedy Central has. It is atually really good. Second to cookie dough for me. I think my body is craving calcium and mik products. I also drank a half gallon of choclate milk at the same time.