485.0 down, 1700.9 to go
We got started making great time! The trail is so flat in Vermont compared to all the roots and rocks in Maine and New Hampshire.
We had lunch 10 miles or so into our day. Since starting the trail, we'd heard from NoBos that the Yellow Deli Hiker Hostel in Rutland was a must. We'd heard multiple things, including that the Twelve Tribes, the people who ran the place, was a cult. Fun! We weren't planning on stopping, but stopped at a shelter for lunch and some NoBos told us how easy it was to get there. Since the Yellow Deli did work for stay, we figured we'd push on and try to make it to the next road in time to catch the bus. We booked it with plenty of time to spare. We were near the side of the road figuring out the way to our bus stop, when a lady pulled over and offered us a ride. Life question: why is it that when you're not planning on hitching a ride, someone pulls over to ask if you need one...but when you've been standing on the side of the road for forty minutes with your thumb up, nobody stops? She drove us to EMS, where NotYet picked up some underwear...
We arrived at the Yellow Deli around 7:00. Bunks were full in both the male and female rooms. They told us to give them fifteen minutes, they'd figure something out. Turns out, they cleared out one of their private rooms upstairs for us!
We enjoyed a late dinner in the deli and talking with Lev, about what they believed. Very interesting conversation.
Shortly after dinner, they gathered around in a circle around us and started chanting in a secret language and wafting incense in our faces. We drank of a communal cup of tea. Suddenly, we were enlightened and decided to stop hiking and become members of the Twelve Tribes...
Just kidding. We went to bed.
Where is Adrian Monk when we need him?
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