Saturday, 9\/19<\/p>\n
AT Miles = 0 \/ 2063.8
\nOther Miles = 0 \/63.0
\nTotal Miles = 0 \/ 2126.8<\/p>\n
Miles to Katahdin = 114.5<\/p>\n
I didn’t do much today, which is exactly what a zero day is all about.<\/p>\n
I, along with Dioko and Rookie, went over to Shaw’s for breakfast. We
\nhad called yesterday to let them know we would be coming. Shaw’s
\nserves an all-you-can-eat breakfast for $7.00. It starts with you
\ntelling them whether you want 2, 3, or 4. This means 2 pancakes, 2
\nsausage links, 2 strips of bacon, 2 eggs, and homefries, or 3 of each,
\netc… And that is just round one. After everyone gets served, they
\nstart taking second orders. If one were a real glutton. one could have
\n8 pancakes, 8 eggs, etc. And the food was really excellent. I ended up
\nhaving 3 bluebery paancakes, 4 bacon, 2 sausage, 2 scrambled eggs, a
\npile of homefries, and 2 glasses of orange juice.<\/p>\n
After breakfast I went through the box of food Jodi had sent me and
\ncombining it with what little I had left in my bag when I got here,
\ndiscovered all I needed to buy for the next and last leg of my hike
\nwas some kind of snack to eat with my lunches. I also had a couple of
\nmaps I am finished with so I took them to the post office and mailed
\nthem home, then I went to the general store and bought a box of
\n“Chicken in a Biskit” crackers. I’m not sure I spelled that right. I
\nhaven’t eaten those since I was a kid!<\/p>\n
That was all the chores for the day. I spent the afternoon hanging out
\nin the pub behind the laundromat, eating, drinking martinis, and
\nchatting with other hikers. I spent quite a bit of time chatting with
\nBanjo and her boyfriend. Banjo thru-hiked last year and they were at
\nKatahdin climbing the mountain to commemorate the one year anniversary
\nof completing her thru-hike.<\/p>\n
Later when I was back at the pub for dinner I chatted with Bison for
\nquite a while. It’s kind of strange because everyone is starting to
\nreminisce about their hike. Bison and I spent a long time comparing
\nnotes on who we had hiked with previously that had gotten off the
\ntrail for one reason or another. There are so many! The attrition rate
\nfor thru-hikers is about 75%. We talked about how amazing it is that
\nwe are actually still here. When I started this hike I knew the odds
\nwere against me actually completing it, yet here I still am, after
\nmany ups and downs (both literal and figurative). Of course, the hike
\nisn’t over yet. I still have over a hundred miles to walk, and
\nanything could happen.<\/p>\n
Well, it’s off into the Hundred Mile Wilderness tomorrow.<\/p>\n
— Saturday, 9\/19 AT Miles = 0 \/ 2063.8 Other Miles = 0 \/63.0 Total Miles = 0 \/ 2126.8 Miles to Katahdin = 114.5 I didn’t do much today, which is exactly what a zero day is all about. I, along with Dioko and Rookie, went over to Shaw’s for breakfast. We had called yesterday […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-at_thru_hike"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/allenf.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/allenf.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/allenf.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/allenf.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/allenf.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/allenf.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":683,"href":"http:\/\/allenf.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247\/revisions\/683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/allenf.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/allenf.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/allenf.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n~~~~~
\nAllen F. Freeman
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