14 August 2010
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, 08-14-2010 at 16:07 (1402 Views)
14 August 2010, Becket, MA
Bismarck, Bluesky and I got another late start today. We sat around waiting for Bluesky and Bismarck. Bismarck had to sew a hole in his pants. It took him a while to sew. I think he must have sewed it three times over for the amount of time it took him.
Bismarck and Bluesky went back to the trail head. They were going to try to make it to Dalton today.
Today turned out to be a great day for zeroing. Hopper and I took a ride on the Berkshire Scenic Railroad to pass the time and enjoy a day off together. Hopper had a good time.
Today we had a dinner appointment with Lisa and Kurt. They live in CT and are geocaching friends of mine. I meet them in Eustis Maine last year at a geocaching event. We also met them in Gettysburg for dinner with Pete and Joanne Preble earlier this year. Before the dinner date I was in the Price Chopper looking for groceries and Hopper and I got separated in the store. Hopper called me on my phone and it was not Hopper at the other end, it was Gypc Girl. I thought for some reason that my caller ID on my phone had screwed up until Gypc Girl told me that she was using Hoppers phone. I was flabbergasted. I had not seen her since Franklin NC when she had three more weeks of healing to do for her broken foot. We chatted in the middle of the grocery store for over 1/2 hour. I never thought I would see her again. She said she has been doing a lot of big mileage days because her visa expires mid September and at the rate she is going now there is no way she can finish. She said if she does not finish this year she will come back next year and do it again. She was in good spirits and looking very good.
We had dinner with Lisa and Kurt. It was at a nice little pub and the food was good. We all had a beer except Hopper. Thank you Lisa and Kurt.