Miles ~13
Total: 641
Sights: Manchester VT
Jamie: We woke up at 5:30 (I really had to pee) and managed to leave the shelter by 7:00. We hurried the 3 miles to the road and tried out our thumbs ofr our first hitch on our own (our friend, Colonel Angus flagged down our 1st hitch in Palmerton). We got a little nervous when 3 more hikers showed up doing the same thing but about 10 minutes in a hostel owner picked us up as he was dropping off some other hikers. Turns out two of the other hikers were on their was to his place anyway so we picked them up as well.
Manchester is a tourist town but they are well set for hikers. WE got in by 8:30 and, wanting to stay within our budget for once, we hung out at MacDonalds for coffee until the outfitter opened. At 10 we headed over there, got our food pick up and Shannon got some new inserts (soles). We hike Mickey D's again for lunch and then picked up dinner for later at Price Chopper. We got a ride right out of the parking lot with a guy on vacation with his family. We made the painful (full pack) walk up Bromley mountain (great views) and then over to Peru peak shelter. We had sausages and beer-excellent trail food! We also really like the crew at the shelter. Instigator and Expeditor, Whitless and Wandering and her mom, Jester, Wounded Knee and Julia. Great night.
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