Date: 2022-07-11
From: Straton Pond Shelter Mile 1644.6

To: Green Mountain Hostel Mile 1655.2
Miles today: 10.6
Weather: clear sky

I got in bed about 9 last night and I actually managed to sleep until almost 5 when the birds started chirping and people in the shelter started stirring. I tried to go back to bed but of course I had to pee so that was it for sleep, but fortunately I¢m feeling much better today with no headache and my nose is not running.Plan for the day is a short 10 miles into Manchester where we¢re doing a resupply, laundry, shower, and eating town food and ice cream!! I passed by the pond again this morning, but there was a chill in the air and a schedule to get to the pickup point. Also a strong desire to not hike with wet clothes so I passed up the chance for a swim. This morning we staggered out of camp one by one, but a couple miles later we¢re all bunched up and talking together Roller, Pilgrim, Orchid and I as we¢re all going into Manchester. We¢re leapfrogging several other hikers going into Manchester. It¢s like having our own little mini bubble going down the trail this morning.We caught up with Roller on the way to our pick up point and hiked with him for a while until the lunch break. We were ahead of schedule and Pilgrim¢s friend is picking us up from the trail head so we figured we would stay at a place with a table rather than sitting in the parking lot. While we were hanging out at the shelter working on the plan for next week, Roller headed into town to catch a ride to the Hostel. After spending some time looking at the plans for next week we headed down to the parking lot for the pick up. Pilgrims friend was a little late so we hung out talking with some other Hiker¢s waiting for her to arrive.After she picked us up we headed down to Zoey¢s deli for a very nice lunch and then across the street to Ben & Jerry¢s for some ice cream. After that we headed to the Price Chopper grocery store to do a resupply for the push into Rutland Vermont. Some of the options at this resupply are definitely limited and they were out of some things we were looking for which is often the case these days. As we were heading to Ben & Jerry¢s we saw Grits walking down the sidewalk and then ran into her again at the supermarket during the resupply. Following resupply she dropped us off at the Green Mountain House hostel where we will be spending the night.The hostel is really nice and the three of us have our own room. They had sodas, ice cream, pizza and various resupplies for purchase. They have a bunch of little odds and ends for restocking as well as things like a razor and clippers. They also have free laundry and free make your own breakfast which is obviously very nice.Orchid had replacement shoes and a hiking staff for Pilgrim brought up by her dad on his motorcycle. She got to add her shoes to the dozens of shoes hanging on the porch railing. Apparently a lot of people must do a shoe resupply here and they created a shoe railing art. It probably would be interesting to go through all the different brands of shoes and see how they all fail and which models are most popular. We cooked some dinner that we had picked up at the store and then we went back to working on the plan for next week. We were also coordinating with my sister (the video editor) as she¢s coming up to bring some resupply items and gear changes and Slackpack us for a day. By the time we finished everything it was already long past 9 and I had not caught up with any of the journaling or social media. I spent time doing that and I got to bed at almost 11, which is ridiculously late, although we do get to sleep a little bit later tomorrow morning as the shuttle does not leave until 7:30. Steps 19800Weather Forecast: 84/63 sunnyJen (my awesome video editor) also created a website to consolidate info: https://atwithduckie.wixsite.c...