The Great American Journey

GAP WALK JOURNALS - VI

Wednesday - August 13, 2008 Day 161 0.0 miles

Total Maine miles - 329.0 Walking Days - 77

Washington D.C. miles - 4.6 Cumulative miles 1334.4

Today was moving day. We slept a little later, then got ready for the day. Once we got everything inside packed up, I rearranged the back of the car and began putting our luggage in. Finally we got it all in, and took off. Believe me that was a job. Of course we stopped and said good-bye to the wonderful people who own and run the Belmont Motel in Skowhegan. They have been truly wonderful people.

I drove today, and we followed our route that we walked to where we will be walking, and took that all the way into New Hampshire. We measured the amount we still have in Maine, and it will take me just a little less than three full days to finish this state. We only have a couple of days worth to walk in New Hampshire, so if all goes well we’ll finish Maine and New Hampshire before our next move. That’s pretty cool.

The route we’ll be taking is beautiful, and I look forward to doing it.

In Rochester, NH we looked for a motel. The first one we found seemed to be ideal, but just before we went to look at a room he realized he had no openings for Saturday. We could be there until then, but that really doesn’t work out for our situation. We checked a couple more motels in town - one had only 2^nd and 3^rd floor rooms with no elevator - that doesn’t work with all our stuff. The next one was too small a room - no room for me to set up an office, and no internet service of any kind.

On to Dover, NH where we found the Comfort Inn. They were able to give us a pretty reasonable rate, but still high for our budget. But from Monday to Thursday they serve dinner to the guests buffet style, as well as a good buffet breakfast. We’ll save on food for sure. Very nice staff. We’re on the second floor, but we have an elevator, and they have the carts to put our luggage on to take in.

Once we got settled in, we went downstairs for the Wednesday night BB’Q in the “back yard.” We had a choice of hamburgers, hot dogs, or chicken. We each chose hamburgers. After dinner, we took laundry to the guest laundry room to wash. I stayed with the stuff and read my mail that I picked up yesterday while the clothes washed. Finally done with that, and then we headed for bed.