Breakfast is included at the hotel so that was what we had. It was decent but only carbs. After breakfast, we did an inventory of our food and then caught the free bus to town. Our first destination was the Outfitter to pick up several packages we had mailed there including Bunny’s glasses which we ended up paying more money in shipping that what they had cost to buy new.
Now that I was wore down from the bus ride and Outfitter visit, I was drug, against my will, all the way across town to the Co-op to buy food for the next few days. We had to walk right by the pizza place that gives free slices to thru-hikers, but we couldn’t stop. After we got our food, we had to retrace our steps back to where we had started, once again passing up free pizza, on the way to lunch at Molly’s.
The rest of the afternoon was spent in a relaxing food haze until it was time to eat again. We napped and watched TV to pass our recovery time. We needed to make contact with Peter and Marcia to see how their abode hunting was going and if they’ll be able to join us any on the trail. They have had success and might have time to join us for some day hiking after the first of the month.
Like I said before, we really enjoyed our time in Hanover. The owner of the motel offered to come pick us up in town if we stayed out later than the bus ran (they stop at 6 and we were already napping by 3). Today was what a day off was supposed to be—total relaxation. I can hardly wait until our next day off in four days.
EFG