Date: 2005-10-07
To: Hanover, NH (Carver's Gap, TN on the trail)
Miles today: 0.0
Weather: scattered clouds

Zero miles todayDewdrop's home on wheelsHanover, NHCarver's Gap, Tn on the trail Today started at 4:30am when I went in and took a shower. I came back out into the motel room and layed down in my bed for another hour, then turned on the TV at 6:20. I'm not sure why, but that woke Bob Peoples up. :-))) He went in and got his shower and we left for Hanover. We didn't get very far when we saw a Perkin's and stopped for breakfast. We were on the road heading north just as the sun was coming up. The drive went by pretty fast and by noon, we were in Hanover. We drove out to the campground and started seeing friends right away. Bob took me over to a site to set my tent up after we visited for a while and got registered. I set the tent up on a mound because it was supposed to rain. Later on Dewdrop said we were supposed to get up to 6 inches of rain in the next couple days. He said I could crash on the floor of his home on wheels, so I went and took my tent back down and threw my backpack in his truck. Gabby and Hoover found me and since they were already headed to town, I rode along and got a Subway sandwich. When I got back to the campground, Dewdrop was supposed to pick me up for the opening ceremonies at the high school, but I didn't see him so I caught a ride with Thunder, SlapHappy and Tree Trunk, all of whom were nobo thru hikers this year and just summited Katahdin a few days ago. I didn't get very far when Roni From Israel called me into a restaurant I was walking by. Southern Heart and Travlin' Man who had hiked in '95 had heard Queen Diva talk about me and called her just so I could say hello. It was great talking to her, but it was too bad she couldn't make it up here. I got to the opening ceremonies and the gym filled up with hikers. I was looking around and saw Mailar and Cliff Hanger and went up and sat down by them. Mailer did a nobo hike this year and finished at Katahdin about a month ago. It started getting too warm for me, so I went and stood in the doorway. I saw Moosie after a while. He had just finished the last few miles of his thru hike he still had.Congratulations Moosie!! We talked a while when Early Bird came over and gave me a hug. While I was talking to them, Amoeba came over and gave Moosie some blueberries. I turned around and he was eating them, so I said; "Where did you get food??" He told me Amoeba had been there and gone. Hummm, she didn't even say hi. I kept looking until I found her and got a nice hug. :-))) The opening ceremonies ended and Dewdrop was taking me back to his home on wheels, but I was hungry, so we went to a pizza shop first. Lief and Zipdrive sat down in the table next to us. I had seen them over at the ceremonies earlier. When we got to Dewdrop's home on wheels, it was after 12pm. Some of the trail friends I saw today, but I know I am going to forget some names, but here goes a try; Bob Peoples, Laurie and Dick Pottieger, JoJo Smiley and Nomad, Mara, Baltimore Jack, Drifter, Tricks, Yogi, Weather Carrot, Gabby, Hoover, Singer, Raven, Roni From Israel, Dewdrop (LWOP), Amoeba, Early Bird, Thunder, Slap Happy, Tree Trunk TeaTree, Lion King, Miss Janet, Pipe Smoke, Meanederthal, Mailer, Cliff Hanger, Moosie, Wahoo, Rambler, Mrs Gorp, Lief, Zipdrive, Gormet Dave, Shirt, 30-30, Moonshine, Magic Touch, Spur, Ready, Birch, Kaitlyn, Magic, Baltimore, Dharma, Billy Goat, Son of Billy Goat, Red Blaze, Madhatter, Lawn Ornament, Hammer, Southern Heart, Travlin' Man, Mother Nature, Mother Nature's Son and Poptart. I know I'm forgetting alot of friends, but the ol' memory just ain't what it used to be. ;-)))