I hitchhiked!
This week has been pretty much great. We knew there were lots of serious mountains coming up so we planned to take it slow. You know, only one or two high mileage days. Well it has paid off.
We have been hiking with our friends Chip and Brookie. I have been feeling spontaneous and have been doing things out of the ordinary... Like one night we watched the sun set from Saddleback Mountain and then hiked the four miles down the mountain to the shelter in the dark, stopping to exlore a random cave because what better time to go caving than when you already have your headlamp on? So what if it  is midnight. 
Yesterday we lunched by a lake that had a couple of abandoned canoes so we had a nice paddle. Last night I went swimming in a pond with minimal leeches and watched another sunset and by the time I was done the shelter was full so I cooked and slept out under the stars. Over breakfast of oatmeal-using-the-packet-as-a-bowl I saw a moose sneakily walking up the privy trail not more than thirty feet away. 
Today Connor and I decided to bite the bullet and give hitchhiking a shot because we crossed the road to Oquossac at about lunchtime and we had time to spare. Connor clipped her knife to her waist band and put on a giant smile and hailed the second truck that went by. We had a fabulous lunch at the general store during which someone offered to drive us back to the trail. Overall it was not bad. Not bad at all. We even saw another moose on the way to town. 
Now I am laying on my air mattress trying to stretch out my shoulder which I twisted while falling up a slippery rock today. Contemplating eating the second giant cheesecake brownie I hauled up the mountain from town because it is looking at me saying " you should eat me, I am heavy and there are tons of mountains tomorrow " but I don't think I can eat it!! 
Connor's alarm is set for 3 am because weather permitting we may try to hike up Bemis Mountain in the morning to watch the sunrise. The sun rises here at about 4:30. We shall see!