Bethel, ME- off of highway 26

The rain never stopped. It poured for 3 days and Mosey and I sat in the lean-to day after day praying for the weather to clear up. I was definitely not daring enough to do the Mahoosuc Arm and Notch in the rain, especially after getting stuck at the top of Baldpate in a thunderstorm. At the campsite, I ran into a northbounder who had climbed up the arm in the rain and told me not to even try descending it because it was like a river was flowing straight down the trail. So, in Bethel we patiently waited for the rain to pass. Each day we would hitch into town to get some food and we also got to see the new Batman movie at the matinee time. One of the days we went to a pizza place that had delicious pizza and I managed to scarf down a whole one. Mosey has had a craving for Caesar salad out here and he had been talking about how awesome it would be to have Caesar salad on top of a pizza. Lo and behold, this pizza place had a Caesar salad pizza. It was a sign- he had to get it. When the waitress set his pizza on the table we both just stared at it for a second- it was absolutely gigantic! It had at least 2 large salads on top of it- chicken, croutons, and all- and a large pizza underneath. Mosey ended up being able to eat all but a small portion of the salad and we both left the building with our bellies full.
Our last night at the lean-to I was up sick all night. I wasn't sure if it was the Norovirus or if my stomach just hated something I ate, but I was miserable all night. I woke up that morning to a clear and beautiful day and was so sad that my body just wasn't able to move. I wanted a bed and an indoor restroom to comfort me for the day, so we moved down the road to a hostel. I posted myself up on a couch at 9 am and didn't move until it was bedtime. I was feeling better by the end of the day and went to bed early, eager to get back out on the trail in the morning. The man who owned the hostel was really nice and had hard boiled eggs for us that he had gotten from his chickens. I ate those and a muffin in the morning for breakfast and we set out for the trail again.