Date: 2007-08-28
From: Moose Mt

To: Hanover
Miles today: 11.9
Weather: scattered clouds

mi. 11.9sleep hammockdest. Hanover day 47 I woke up early today to get a good start into hanover. I wanted to get new shoes. They are really bad. I think now I am risking hurting my feet. I got to moose mountain shelter with almost no water left. Luckily there was still a lot of water someone put there in jugs. Good thing too. I was all out of water treatment. There was a couple northbounders there, so I could have asked if I needed to. But once again it all worked out in the end. The hike in was nice. My hiking partner went ahead. It was nice to hike alone again. At some point I need to find one who wants to hike alone, but meet up at lunch and at the end of the day. I think I am getting a little sick though. My energy is way down and my throad is getting sore. The town of Hanover is really strange. The trail goes right through it. Right by a great Food Co-op that was a great resupply. They have a lot of natural foods. It was hard not to spend more than I did. I just bought a few things I was rather hungry and not thinking straight. I did buy some choclate milk and some ciniman buns to eat. That definitly filled my doughnut craving for awhile. I did meet up with my hiking partner there. He was already eating. The trail through tpon is marked, but not too good. Without him I wopuld have went down the wrong street. As we were walking buy Firework ran up behind us. I thought he would be out of town by now. He had just hit up the PO. It didn't take long but I found Baltimore Jack at the coffee shop he gets coffee at everyday. He gave me my package I sent ahead with him at Glencliff. Also who would stroll up but Barbraossa. It was just before 1pm. Luckily Barbraossa had a bus schedule and Jack was able to tell me which buses to take. Now I really don't care for the bus. I think I rode it 4 times in 9 years in Cincinnati. Those were for Bangels games and an art show. I never know which bus to take or how far. Luckily the drivers here were nice. I had to take one bus from Hanover to West Lebenon, then a second to Lebenon where there was a mail with an EMS outfitter. The bus ride wentoff without a hitch. Before getting off the second bus I asked the driver where and what time to be there to get picked up. I got dropped off right across from the mail with the EMS. It also has an LL Bean shore. The most amazing thing happened. This will not sound like much to most people, but this is strange for me. I actually went into a place wanting to buy shoes and found a pair that fits perfectly. I also wear a 12 EEEE, so that adds a lot to my troubles. The crazy thing is it is a normal width. Golite started making shoes this year. Their shoes have a really wide toe area. I found a size 13 that fit great. I want to stick with trail runners for now. I think tieing them tighter and getting a better fit will fix the problems I was having. The tread i also a little strange. Instead o one sonstant surface, i has raised pieces for the tread. You'll have t look online for a pic. They are the Golite Nedform, I think. Whatever the orange golite shoe is. Then to keep the steek going I found 2 other things I had wanted. The Steri-Pen and a new hydration system. I have been wanting to get the Steri-pen for awhile. We'll see if I get sick or not. It is suposed to kill all the nasties in the water. My last Hydratio System started to come apart today. I can't say I give the Ultamite Direction bladder a god review. I got a 2L Camelback. They are a good brand that everyone carries and garuntteed for life, so I can replace it almost anywhere. After leaving the EMS I was really thirsty with a sore throat. I can feel something coming on. I still had time, so I hit up the Taco Bell. I usually aviod it and it's grade F one step above dog food meat, but I was craving some. I got back to the bus stop in just enough time to sit for 20 minutes or so until the bus got there. The local bus service is free, so who am I to complain. I got back to Hanover and met up with Barbraossa and Firework infront of the Dartmouth Outdoor Club building. They Maintain the AT north and south of Hanover. They let you put your packs here while you are in town. We sat there for awhile as I repackked my food drop. We were definitly those people trying to talk to all of the Dartmouth women. Only the Shopmores and some athelets are here, so it was slim pickings. I was surprised by the number that would talk to us. It was definitly funny. They both said my new shoes look like something Lance Armstrong would use with the bright orange. Give them a week and they will be brown. We sat there until about bar 30. Firework was determined to get out of town. There is a 2.5 miles road walk out of Hanover and into Vermont. It was also getting dark. He wouldn't listen to either of us and had to leave. So Barbraossa and I went to the 5 Nugget bar along with a couple northbounders. Now for those who don't hike a lot, politics gets talked about a lot. Balitmore Jack, his local friend who works on campains, a northbounder by the name of Politican, and another northbounder were going at it in the bar. This ois a small place and everyone could hear them. Pretty funy actually. We also got into a joke contest. Some off them got in pretty bad taste. But it was a tough crowd. Jack and another guy had heard them all. Even a version of my favorite joke of all time. I love this one and it makes me laugh every time I tell it, so I'll add it below. I can see someone I know rolling her eyes now, but that just adds to it. After all it is what it is. There was this guy in high school with a fake wooden eye. Through a farming acident he lost one of his eyes and had it replaced with a wooden one. He couldn't afford the pricey real looking one. All though high school he didn't go to any school dances. He was really self concious about his wooden eye. Finnaly the last dance of his senior year his friends finally convience hime to go. He was sitting over on the boys side, looking over at the girls side. He spots this one girl. Not the best looking one and not the worst, just a little big. He wants to talk to her, but thinks "No I can't I got this wooden eye and she will think I'm some sort of freak." Finally the last song comes on. But she is still sitting there looking around. He thinks "screw it, it's now or never." So he walks over there. "Wooould would you like to dance." She says " would I, would I." He yells back "Fat girl, fat girl, fat girl." And runs away. That has to be the funnyiest joke of all time. You know you are going to be telling it to someone soon.