Date: 2008-05-15
From: Eagle's Nest shelter

To: Port Clinton 
Miles today: 8.6
Weather: overcast clouds

I didn't sleep well last night. It rained off and on during the night and some guy was snoring. At 500am somebody's alarm when off and a herd of elephants came through the shelter. Two older women got up at 500am and proceeded to make alot of noise and shine there headlamp in the sleeping hikers eyes. I was sleeping right below them so a quickly jumped up in fear of getting trampled. Since I was up I made breakfast and packed my stuff. The two women left at 600. I was ready to go but I waited for Yeti and Toddy Bear. We left at 630am and caught up to the women an hour later. There were hiking slow but not so slow the had to be up at 5am. At 856am my watched died. It's hard to judge my pace without my watch. We got into town at 930am. I had to as Toddy Bear for the time. We planned on staying at the pavilion in the center of town so we stopped there first to see what it was like. It wasn't any better than a shelter but it was free. We walked a little further and had breakfast at 3C's diner. We all had the Neighborhood Nibbler. I don't remember what it was comprised of but it was more than one person should eat. Yes we all finished it and were still hungry. After breakfast we stopped at the Ye Ole Backpacker Outfitter. We looked around there while we waited for Toddy Bear's friend Felisha. She is going to be our chauffeur for today. She picked us up at 115pm and here is what we had planned for today. There is a Yuengling brewery in Pottsville Pennsylvania and the give tours M-F at 1000am and 130pm. We were 15 minutes away and got there a few minutes late but they let us join the tour. I got lots of pictures and video. I hope the audio is good. After the tour we got to have free beers down in there bar. It was a great tour with great history and I will remember it forever. After drink those beers I was buzzing so we went to a pizza place and each got a large stromboli except for Felisha she got lasagna. I wish I would have taken a picture, this stromboli was 20 inches long by 8 inch wide. It must of weighted 4 pounds. When I ordered it the waitress ask if that was for all four of us and I said no just for me. You should have seen the look on her face, priceless. Toddy Bear finished his and Yeti was down to a last few bite but couldn't finish. I couldn't finish the end pieces. I wish I did now because I'm having food nightmares. Food nightmares is when you order food and don't finish it and when you back on the trail you wish you had that food and even dream about it. Felisha took us shopping for resupply at the Dollar General. Then she dropped us off at the pavilion. Thank you Felisha for driving us around. you were our trail angel for today. We went back to the outfitter's to buy Ben & Jerry's and ate it at the Pavilion. Boppit and Wrangler some section hikers we meet at the last shelter stopped by too see how we were doing. They were staying at the Port Clinton Hotel and said the hospitality was horrible and they paid alot to stay there. There cutting they hike short because Boppit twisted his ankle going over the rocks the other day. It was nice meeting them and I wish we got to hike with them longer. When it got dark at the Pavilion we realized that the street light was shining right on us and there was a busy highway on the hill above us. We heard trucks jake braking all night. It reminded me of 8th street and route 7 back in Toronto, Ohio. So much for sleep tonight, at least it warmer.