Date: 2006-07-27
From: Grafton Notch- The Cabin- East Andover, Me

To: Grafton Notch- Northern Peaks- Gorham, NH
Miles today: 0.0
Weather: haze

It was so warm and humid out last night that I didn't sleep well at all.I did have a small fan in the window, but it was only blowing in warm and humid air....and the smell of a skunk that defended itself somewhere nearby.I was awake, but didn't get up to take Mrs Gorp her coffee until almost 6am.Reindeer was up and said that his knees were so bad that he wasn't walking for now.He and Left Fielder worked out a shuttle to get Left Fielder over to his car in Vt.I went upstairs for breakfast, but didn't make any eggs this morning.I've been too well fed here at The Cabin. :-)))I did have a few blueberry pancakes and some cantalope, orange juice and coffee though.Mrs Gorp asked what I wanted to do today as far as walking.I said I wanted to go to Gorham, NH and walk back to Grafton Notch, Me...about a 31 mile walk, but not start walking until tomorrow.I figure if I stall long enough, maybe some less humid weather will get here. :-)))We paid our bills and said goodbye to everyone, then went around and said goodbye again. It's hard leaving The Cabin, but we needed to move on.Rambunny agreed to bring Mrs Gorp's car to the trailhead in a couple days, so we left her car there at The Cabin.Rambunny and Aqua left at the same time we did. Aqua gets the tendon in his thumb sewed back together this morning.Hope that goes well for you Aqua.Mrs Gorp and I headed for Gorham, NH.It was a short drive of maybe 40 minutes or so.Mrs Gorp saw someone she knew at The Barn as we passed by. It was Dingle '04.We all talked a while and he offered to take us to the trailhead in the morning so I didn't have to leave my truck parked there.I headed down to Northern Peaks Motel where I always stay when I'm passing through Gorham.The lady is nice and she always remembers me. She got me a room, but said it wouldn't be ready for about 30 minutes, so we went to Wal-Mart and I got new windshield wiper blades and put them on my truck.It was time for new ones!!I also bought a few items for the next couple days hike and I bought a $10.00 coffee maker since I've been around my truck and electric so much lately. :-)))Northern Peaks now has wi-fi as of this year, so I spent the afternoon loading about 20 photos and adding photos to the pages of the journal.We went next door to J's Steakhouse for dinner and I was good....I ordered a crispy chicken salad and a bowl of clam chowder.Maybe I'll have a steak when I get back here in a few days. :-)))I was messing around with my computer and called Chief on Skype.He and I have been using that program to talk for free this year.I found out that I can call anyone in the US from my computer to a land line for as long as I want to talk for free for the rest of this year, so I made lots of phone calls...all for free!!!Mrs Gorp had been out by the pool most of the afternoon talking to a couple guys from Tn. She came back in and said she's heard enough about bear dogs and hunting for one day. :-)))I made my first pot of coffee with my new coffee maker, then packed my backpack for the next couple days.It was really nice to be in AC all day for a change of pace. :-)))