Journey Day 266 | AT Day 89

Entering the hostel in Delaware Water Gap.

6/18/86

Up, down to the post office. Get mail, check it, then take the bus to Stroudsburg to do the laundry. Eat, grocery shop, eat more. In fact I keep eating all day. Check out café across from the store where a former chef from the Gap House, a resort hotel, shows me photos of Fred Astaire, FDR and other famous people. Back to the hostel, do writing, updating, call Jansport about pack parts. Hang around the hostel, barbeque burgers, try Jiffy Pop to no avail. Big salad, talk with Wally, a D.C. guy who walked roads from town to grab the A.T. and hike up to Maine with side trips. Two groups come into the hostel to meet the through hikers. To many we meet, hiking the A. T. is a dream. Wally, Jeanie and I talk. I crash.