Today was hot. I don't know if I've complained about this yet, but it was today. Fortunately the other big change today was that it was much flatter than the last few days. Northern Connecticut was hilly as all get out, but I guess that's why they notched out a piece for Massachusetts when it got less so.
I'm still reading A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson and he is talking about himself and his obese friend hiking the Appalacian Trail. Walking the wide open roads is tough enough, though I do envy their lack of a strict schedule. It would be nice to be able to stop and hang out with people more often. Priority one is making the milage, so time talking to people takes a big hit. We will be talking to a bunch of people tomorrow night though since John's girlfriend Liz's aunt invited lots of Boston fans over to be interviewed. It sounds like they have some different stories so it'll be interesting.
John got a hydro-pack (the insert for a Camelbak) yesterday and it definitely helped him. He'll probably blog about it, but he was cruisin'. While the rule has been that I end up walking ahead a bit toward the end of the day, today was just the opposite. Now better hydrated and better energized (since I'm making him eat more) he was right with me. In the last few miles today I actually was struggling to keep up somewhat thanks to some ankle pains. It was a nicer walk for both of us because of this.
As I said, we're staying in Amherst tonight and will start back in Holyoke tomorrow. While one highlight of the walk today was adding a few more Dunkin's to the tally (currently 23-13, DD) tomorrows might be going through Belchertown. Why? Because it's called Belchertown.
The real highlight tomorrow will probably be talking to those people and a reporter who is doing a story on us for a local paper here. I'll write more about that tomorrow.
This blog is brought to you by Aunt Debbie and her fam who are added as another contestant to the "Best Oatmeal Cookies of The Walk" contest. So far we have four entrants.
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