Dave Byrnes' Adventures

Appalachian Trail - 1986
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Day: 106
Date: Saturday, 16 August 1986.
Start:  
Finish:  
Daily AT Miles: 9.0
Daily Other Miles 0
Total AT Miles: 2029.2
Total All Miles 2087.2
Weather: Some rain, mostly fine.
Accommodation:  
Nutrition: Breakfast: Muesli, eggs, toast, orange juice.
Lunch: Burger, fries, ice-cream.
Dinner: Steak, vegetables, cake, ice-cream.
Aches: None bad.
Animals Seen: None.
People Seen: 2 AT Thru-hikers, 1 AT Hiker (southbound, by sections), 5 overnight hikers, many others.
Pictures: Here
GPS Track:  
Journal: Got up at 5am and packed and ate quickly and left at 6:15am, just after a brief shower of rain.  It was very gloomy.  I decided to just walk the nine miles into Monson non-stop and hopefully get there early enough to ring both Marj and Barb.  The Trail through the forest was mainly on old logging tracks and was wet and boggy, but there were long sections on the road where I could keep the pace going.  I got into the outskirts of Monson, on a big lake, at about 9:15am and immediately found Shaw’s Boarding House, where I planned to stay.  I went in and the diminutive operator, Keith (and his wife, Patty), told me I was in time for breakfast and could make my calls from their phone.  I checked in, had my big breakfast, rang Marj (ticket had arrived) and Barb before having a shower.  I then went downtown, collected my mail and did my shopping.  Among others at the hostel were Jerry (who I had hiked with in New Jersey, and who was apparently waiting in Monson for me to catch up) and “Shutterbug” (Geoff).  We went down to the only restaurant in town for lunch and I read my mail.  It included a letter fromSyntec painting a less-rosy picture of the job they were proposing to me.  I was a bit annoyed, but not surprised.  During the afternoon I ate, watched baseball on TV, read the paper and did my laundry.  Also in residence was Bob Barker, an MS sufferer, and an insufferable bore.  After dinner I went for a walk around town with Jerry and Geoff before returning to watch TV until retiring about 10:30pm.  During the day, Bo had rung to say they would meet me on Monday for lunch.

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