Date: 2014-08-17
From: Roadway inn Lee MA

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Miles today: 5.0

Zeros, who needs em? We didn¢t win two world wars by sitting around with a thumb up our butts not hiking. We didn¢t kill off all the buffalo by standing in a circle punching prarie dogs while they got a day lead on us. We didn¢t read a book about digging holes all day to forget about the short Mexican kid who has the smallest shovel. My point is I didn¢t take a zero. I haven¢t taken a zero since Stratton, if you kids cant remember when that was, good, that means you don¢t obsess over my pointless words but that was about 160 miles in back when the cousins were here and the synchronized swimming was strong. I will take a zero, very soon infact, I thought today would be it, however I had to go to upper goose pond. Upper goose pond: the elders said it was created when thor himself dropped a lightning bolt and it fell creating a giant depression into the ground. It sat like that until six hundred years later the dinosaurs were going extinct, as the avid scientists they were, they predicted the meteor hitting the earth and in a last ditch effort to prevent the extinction of their species, they filled this crater with their tears in the hopes that someone would take their DNA and make a theme park for future generations to marvel at their greatness. Then a mere 5 thousand years later, humans stumbled upon this great lake, dug by zeus and filled by the saurs¢ and they brought canoes and kayaks conquered it so they could recreationally use it for Appalachian trail thru hikers. Anyways, I had to go there, birthed from zeus and dinos? Yup. I walked to upper goose pond with the parents, like a dirty M.R. (moose raper, in case you forgot) it was interesting. Not that my parents were in the same physical shape as me when I started the trail, but walking up the hill to upper goose, a measly 2.0 mile trip they were lagging, behind far behind. Its interesting to hike with someone who hasn¢t made their life over the past two months just one annoying day of walking after another. Afterward I continued my slackpack 2.5 to the next road crossing while they went back to where the car was parked, because you know, no rest for the wicked. I walked 2.5 miles with the slack pack today and I felt douchy. Should I feel back for slackpacking? I don¢t know, but for some reason I do. Some people look down on slackpacking, but im not trying to set some unsupported hike record, or even hike ¢unsupported¢. Some at home may be thinking, slackpacking is cheating and I will go unsupported, but what if I told you that if you truly wanted to be ¢unsupported¢ then you wouldn¢t be able to hitch in and out of towns. Would you still stand by that. Clearly hitching in and out of town is different from slackpacking but its just something to think about. But hike your own hike, and you feel like im a dirty cheater, well then read someone elses trail journal, but know I guarantee they have 100 percent less lies about the origin of upper goose pond, so know what you are missing out on.Town time is weird. Somehow this day ended and all day ididnt do anything but hike five miles. If this was a regular day, I would have five miles done by about 1000. Today I was done hiking by 200, then between going to the dollar store, Walmart, friendlys, ems, and a plethora of other stores I was we didn¢t finish by 627. I did however accomplish some things, first I made a new pot stand, got a new water bladder, bought new trail runners, and a splash guard. I officially have everything I thought I needed, again. Just I wish I had time to sit on my butt and chill, but once a lazy bum always a lazy bum..