Julie and I are hiking the Appalachian Trail in the US from Springer Mt, Georgia, to Mt Katahdin, Maine, in the north, a distance of almost 2,200 miles (3,540 km). Our journey will start in early May 2023 and is expected to take about five months. We will be mostly camping, carrying 3-5 days of supplies to get us between resupply points, where we will be staying in hostels/hotels/motels where we can. I hiked the entire Appalachian Trail back in 1986 so it will be interesting to see how much has changed and how much it has stayed the same.

Appalachian Trail - Day 104 - Day Off in Bennington

Day: 104

Date: Sunday, 06 August 2023

Start:  VT Route 9 (AT Mile 1619.0) but staying in Bennington.

Finish:  VT Route 9 (AT Mile 1619.0) but staying in Bennington.

Daily Kilometres:  0

GPX Track:  Click here for Julie’s Strava & Photos from her look around Bennington today.

Total Kilometres:  2671.3

Weather:  Warm and sunny.

Accommodation:  Motel

Nutrition:

  Breakfast:  Farmers Omelette & hash browns, toast & jam.

  Lunch:  Mexicali subs 

  Dinner:  Meatlovers calzones, ice-cream

Aches:  Dave - resting his niggles; Julie - nothing reported.

Highlight:  None really.

Lowlight:  None really.

Pictures: No pictures today.

Map and Position: Click here for Google Map

Journal:

Not much to report for this day off.

We walked down to the town centre to a diner for breakfast and Julie then walked a few miles further on to the Walmart to get the supplies we need for the next 4-5 days hiking, plus some other gear while Dave walked back to the motel.  The gear included a $10 electric hair clipper which Dave later used to drastically trim his hair and beard.

Later we donated the hair clipper to the Hiker Box in the motel office where hikers leave stuff they think other hikers might use.  The Hiker Box is just one more way in which the motel is "hiker friendly".  Apart from also offering free rides to and from the trailhead, the motel  has "loner" clothes hikers can borrow while their laundry is done and "loner" bikes hikers can use to get around town.  All very helpful.

We walked downtown again in the evening to get dinner and will have an early night, having booked a shuttle for a 6:30am pickup and lift back to the trailhead tomorrow.  We could get a lift for free from the motel owner but would have to wait until after 8:15am which doesn't suit us.  We would like to get some.extra miles done tomorrow.  The weather forecast, sadly, is for rain for the next few days.

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1 comment:

  1. Tracey PassAugust 21, 2023 at 8:12 PM

    what was the name of that motel just for future reference

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