Miles today: 0
We got up this morning around 730 and headed out to grab breakfast. We went to a local diner, then to the grocery store to resupply. We returned to the church and packed our stuff and got dressed. Delta, Blondie, and I were all kind of taking our time and being lazy. I just didn’t feel like hiking. I wanted to delay it a bit so I put Twister in the VCR. Then we all got to talking and someone mentioned taking a zero. Once this idea begins it becomes contagious. Once we imagined sitting around, relaxing, catching up on chores, eating real food, etc, we were pretty convinced. We went and asked the church members if it’s ok if we stay a second night. They were very ok with it and also offered us all these pastries and coffee they were eating. Done deal. What was going to be potentially an 18 mile day is now a 0. While I want to make miles, I haven’t taken a day off from coming back on trail three weeks ago so I’m happy to relax a bit. Plus now I caught up on all my blogging and have watched Twister and may go check out NJ’s Oktoberfest in a bit (they have a wife carrying contest?). That 18 mile day will come tomorrow.