Bennington hippie house zero day

I am sitting in a chair in the yard of the hippie house with a distinctly specific urge to drink a cider or two and have a bike ride around town. Mayhap, may hap not! 
Dave Matthews is playing on the cd player that we ran all night last night in order to keep skunks from coming into the shed we slept in. I didn't sleep much last night but what could we do? We didn't want to be the first group of thru hikers to be sprayed by the alleged multitude of skunks in the area because we didn't leave the radio running all night to scare them away. You might think this is a joke; I did for awhile last night. But alas no. Well we did not get sprayed by any skunks.
I was awake most of the night having discarded my earplugs weeks ago, and finally at 5:30 got up and went inside to find Arla, the woman of the house, making coffee, and I offered to walk Molly the dog. We went on a nice long walk, but not too long, because I do enough walking thanks, around Bennington and up to a cemetery. It was nice, and made me miss Millie.  
Today I went to a tanning bed (please hold your hems and haws) and also got a haircut, and these things in conjunction with my new purple shirt make me feel like a new person on the outside.
Then we all did a bit of work around the house; I cleaned the bathroom and helped clean out a closet of junk. Then we played Apples to Apples for awhile over some ice cream. I guess this is sort of a typical zero day. Flora and I didn't intend to take a zero but we found out that we can slackpack on Friday and still get to Dalton Massachusettes on Friday night, as originally scheduled even with a zero.
I talked to Jessy Rosa (childhood best friend, still one of my best friends) today, and Connor and I are planning to stay with her in Hoboken New Jersey, right across the river from New York City, in only about ten days or so! The miles are flying by. We will also visit Chip, who lives in the city. Shoutout to Chip! We miss you!