At the beginning of the day, I thought for sure that it would be a terrible one. I had woken up at 1 a.m. feeling nauseous and thankfully I just fell back to sleep. I still didn't feel well when I woke, but I had to move or else I would run out of food before reaching Andover, my next resupply town. I ate a big breakfast and headed down the trail, passing the beautiful beach that I had enjoyed as my front yard for two days. I ended up warming up to the hike and was enjoying it again. When I arrived at the highway (about 4.5 miles in) there was a beautiful overlook and I stopped to appreciate it. I was just about to continue down the trail on the other side of the highway when I heard Mosey calling out for me to wait. He had the perfect idea of hitching into Oquossoc for lunch and he said it was on him since he knew I was short of calories and cash. We hitched in easily with a couple from Georgia. They had a big canoe in the back of their pick-up, so we had to sit under the canoe. It was funny and surprisingly comfortable. While sitting in the back, Mosey had reminded me of the fact that it will be fall when we are down south. I have been so disengaged from the future of the hike due to my feeling ill that I had forgotten about the fall. I am so excited to hike in the autumn and was thankful for the reminder. We ended up hopping off in front of a tavern in what seemed to be a two-block town. It was so quaint and beautiful- this is definitely the kind of place I'd want to spend summers at later in life. Mosey and I split bruschetta and ate fish tacos and after eating that I felt 10 times better. We got a hitch back out to the overlook after grabbing some whoopie pies in a small grocery store. The man who drove us back has been involved with the A.T. for quite a few years and he had lots to tell us about the surrounding area. Mosey and I have both learned from past experiences to not hike when you are full- you just end up wanting to throw up for the rest of the day. So, we used it as an excuse to sit at the overlook and relax for a while. Once we got going, the rest of the hike was easy breezy lemon squeezy. The climb up Bemis Mountain fatigued me, but not to the point of alarm that I was at two days ago. I am so thankful that whatever was affecting me is going away. I made up a little jingle today while hiking up Bemis. For some reason, I couldn't get "My Fair Lady" out of my head and the song that says "The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain" kept circuiting through. So, I changed it to "The terrain in Maine is nothing like a plain" and sang it up the mountain. It amused me because of its validity. I also sang "Loverly", which I had learned as a child with the accent and all. Once I arrived at the lean-to, I met a NOBO from Roanoke named Alpo. It was awesome to meet someone who knows where Covington is! I can't wait for a shower and to do my laundry Andover tomorrow- my clothes haven't been washed since Monson! (and I wear the same smelly black shirt every day). A big dinner will be nice too :)
Quote of the day: "Why do something tomorrow when you can do it today"- Mosey
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