| Mile | 1473.7 |
| Miles Since Last Update | 9 |
| Day | 112 |
Short day today. Heat was pretty brutal and my feet are falling apart it feels like.
I got up early. Hit the miles to Kent and parked there for a while to wait for the outfitter to open. Notyet called me suggesting we just stay in Kent as he also felt somewhat shit and there was supposed to be rain coming. I was down but everything here seemed booked.
Waiting on some of the inns and b&B’s to get back to me (not really motels in this section of what is effectively new england), I got breakfast with another north bound hiker I’d run into a bit named Luna. Was fun to hear his stories and just chill for a bit from the heat.
Notyet got in and we got some bad news that both a wedding was happening in town as well as a class reunion, so everything was booked solid. The bartender at the inn was the one that told us this, but then said he might have a room from a wedding guest that was likely not showing. We lucked out and got a room. Salvador at the Drum n Fife saved my ass from a miserable day today.
We did laundry, got some light resupply, and drank at the bar at the inn as someone played on the piano and a bunch of posh new englanders probably looked in disgust at how gross we still smell and look.
Kent claims to be the place that inspired the setting for Gilmore Girls, but I have yet to see a Gilmore Girl. Or a bear. Or a rattlesnake.
Big day tomorrow probably. 22 miles. Lots of climb. It will be cooler at least.
Great Barrington is 50 miles out now, which I have been convinced to push my bailout too. I’m sure I will be asked to push it further. Just wish it wasn’t hot.