Day 34: Crossing Vermont

Our decision to sleep at the shelter was worth it. There were some great thunder booms, ray strikes and rainfall throughout the night. The bears did not visit our camp again.

Although it seemed super sunny, the gray fog obstructed any vision while ascending to our first two mountains.

Today we were going to cross Vermont, finally. Although the overwhelmingly beautiful mountains of New Hampshire and Maine have treated us well, we were ready to give a little rest to our bodies. We met many nobles today that they said congratulations for leaving the whites, and that felt really good.

The clouds began to go back, and we had some views among the trees in Moose Mountain. On our way down, we met a dog named Moose from Pennsylvania walking through its own mountain!

Our goals were clear today, and we had food for the city waiting for us on July 4. We would have to stay in the city tonight because we did not spend exactly our arrival from the Post Office in an elegant way. Fortunately, there was a list of paths of trails with which we could contact for free homes for the night.

Our moment was wonderful, and we arrived in Hanover, NH, before 2:30 pm most of our miles were completed for the day. We stopped at a restaurant called Lou’s with enough time to make our order. I hate getting to places just before closing, and we didn’t realize this. Our waitress was super kind about it and helped put our request for Smash hamburgers immediately.

Because we are through those who live, we also had to choose Lou’s free baked products. I received a huge shipwrecked cream with fresh strawberries, and Nick chose a fair cake. We both drank two beers of root each and we satisfy ourselves.

We completed our refueling in CVS, which was ultra stored in this university city. We begin to walk back to the path, which is essentially a sidewalk for 5 miles. There was a protest in the town square, and we stopped to admire these older people for a moment. We ended up distracted and losing our turn. We were walking towards a library when a man shouted at us. He was one of the angels of the paths with whom we talked on the phone yesterday! He gave us a local history of the city, apparently Dr. Suess and Mr. Roger went to school here.

They granted us a postcard of the area, and sent us in the right direction. We walk on the Connecticut river, which is also the VT/NH border. We did it!

The rest of our night was full of a wonderful neighboring cat, a friendly and philosophical conversation with a man who helps in the church and a short walk through the city. Norwich would be a great stop for a true day of the city if we had time.

Tomorrow is the new shoe day! We will start walking.

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