Date: 2008-07-15
From: Tom Levardi's House

To: Mark Noepel Lean-to
Miles today: 14.0

Escape from DaltonDalton Massachusetts to Mark Noepel Lean-to: 14 miles I slept on the floor in the basement again and I got up even later this time. I had some good dreams though. It was cold last night. I sleep so much better when it¢s cold; as long as I have sufficient covers. By the time I got out of there the Scarlet Seven (-3) were already gone except for Croc Hunter who had to go to the library. I slid down to the breakfast place and got more breakfast sandwiches. God O love the East Coast for their sandwiches! They have Kaiser rolls and man they are the best roll for sandwiches on the planet. It¢s so nice to go to a place and not get freaking Sourdough everywhere. The only reason people even eat sourdough is because they have never had a real Italian roll or a Kaiser Roll. Sourdough is great for hard pretzels; but as a bread, it sucks the big one! Two Sandwiches and an orange Juice later I went back to the house and took about two hours to pack up all my stuff. I¢m feeling all depressed cause everyone is in front of me by at least a day. I really need to get going or I¢ll never make it up that hill. I finally knuckled down and packed it up. I really need to do some laundry. The amenities in Dalton were very difficult to use due to the distances involved. It sucks to have to walk everywhere just to get laundry done at one place and a shower at another place and groceries somewhere else and a shower is here and the cell phone only works over there and the internet only works at the library and the Post office is on the other side of town, blah blah. I know it¢s annoying to listen to me gripe but imagine having to go through it every time you run out of food an you have to come into a town. Every once in a while everything works and it¢s all at the same place; but, that hasn¢t happened since the Mayor¢s house in Unionville. Hopefully everything will be closer in Williamstown. I¢ll skip the laundry and the posting until then unless I can get some Internet while I¢m at a shelter. I walked through town and there was this little guy on the sidewalk selling pink lemonade. His name was Jack and his dad was filming so I had to get some of course. It was a quarter a cup and he played the harmonica and this funky little spinny top toy thing while you drank your lemonade. It was pretty cool. I filmed it and then BSd with him and his parents for a while. Man I¢m terrible at getting on the trail. We¢re considering renaming my trail name to ¢Still Here.¢ I got on the trail about 1130 and my body was grumpy. It must be from the crappy food I ate; when am I going to learn? Movie Popcorn and McDonalds do not make for a good hiking day the next day/ It was all I could do to keep going. I felt like a slug but eventually my system cleared out and I got up to a good pace. I knew the Scarlet Seven (-3) were going to be at the shelter right before the summit and I figured I might stop there. You¢re not supposed to camp at the summit right now but I wanted to pull a stealth camp up there and film the sunset. When I got the shelter I had other ideas and I decided to stay there. Those guys built the biggest fire I have ever seen in a three foot fire pit. They piled HUGE logs on it and it¢ll still be burning in the morning I am sure. I¢m typing right now and am the last one up and it¢s still going strong. All coals though, no flames. It looks like I¢ll get into Williamstown on schedule tomorrow. It¢s going to be cool to be in a town with my name. Maybe they¢ll let me take over for a while. Right before I get in to town I¢ll be climbing over Mt. Williams. That ought to be cool. I¢ll have to get a picture of me on my mountain. My back is starting to hurt from sleeping on the floor and typing at this picnic table. I gotta go to bed. Have a good one. It looks like I have some service here but I don¢t think I¢m going to post cause I need some sleep. Well, maybe¢¦David AKA ¢Mister Gentle Spirit¢ Website http://www.wbafinc.org Photos: http://www.photobucket.com/brotherproof Videos: http://www.youtube.com/WBAF1