What a Difference A Day Makes

It rained a little last night the tems and humidity dropped dramatically, thanks to Earl, I suppose. What a wonderful weather day.
Dropped Tom and Jerry and Dave off on the AT this morning after yet another hiker’s breakfast. They headed north out of Gorham. The plan is to meet them on Wednesday at Grafton Notch, about a 30 mile hike that will take them in to ME probably on Sunday.
At breakfast we met up with another hiker, Bulldog. Bulldog is visually impaired. We talked for a while then he joined us for breakfast. It is amazing to imagine a blind person hiking the AT. He said that he is doing it to raise awareness for the use and development of technology to aid the visually impaired. He does have a camera man traveling with him as they are filming a documentary. Mostly Bulldog is relying on his GPS to keep him on track. There is a book out there about another blind guy, Bill Erwin who hikes the trail some years ago with his dog. The book is call Blind Courage, another good read.
Thursday on my way to meet Jerry in Gorham I picked up a hitch hiker, Sandman. We talked a little about the trail and wwoofing. When I got back to the farm today I find out that Sandman got pack on the AT at Crawford Notch, hiked about a mile in, did not like the hot weather so he decided to hitch back to Bethlehem to try and find the farm that I was wwoofing on. So when I got back today he was here. I think he is staying for a day or two. Apparently he had tried his hand at farming sometime in the past and wanted to experience it again and see what this wwoofing thing is all about. It is just amazing how some things work out.
But my hours in today picking spinach, tomatoes, cleaning and bunching onions and chasing chickens. I am so looking forward to being home, driving over to NKU and picking up our CSA share that someone else has planted, nurtured, harvested and brought to us. But my appreciation for this process is endless.
The wind is blowing like crazy and the camper is rockin’. Bet I lose my shower curtain tonight.