Vermont :)

Today we crossed over into Vermont after spending two zero days in Hanover. What do I like about Vermont so far? 1) ten miles at an easy pace in about four hours. 2) rolling hills with no rocks, carpeted in pine straw. 3) three separate incidences of trail magic today : cookies in front of someones house, watermelon in front of another house, and coldish soda cans next to the trail. 4) a surprise sighting of Walker, who is slackpacking north today. 5) some guy lets hikers stay in his big shed and his yard has practice golf holes and a waterfall( we are staying here tonight). 6) new hiking buddies today: Daytripper, Furnace, and Little Big Wind, a funny crowd. 7) I am lounging in some grass right now.
Even the nobos here have few complaints:)
Hanover was nice, it is where Dartmouth is located and was pretty yuppie but our hosts were very hospitable and also I got a new watch from LL Bean that is nice and simple and Does Not beep every hour on the hour, reminding me to stop enjoying myself and get moving, as my previous watch did.
In Hanover there was a Gap store and I sort of fantasized about just putting on a real outfit, just for a minute. But I might not have been able to take it off. So I thought maybe I could just buy an outfit to wear for the day and pretend I was a preppy college kid in jeans and a tank top, not a dirty thru hiker in thermals and crocs, and mail the outfit home or mail it in the bounce box to pretend the same thing in the next town when we pick up the bounce box. But luckily I resisted the temptation. Then today someone mentioned a bath robe while we were hiking and I remembered my bath robe back home and thought about it for awhile, about how comfy it is. How nice it would be to curl up in it with clean hair and a book and my favorite mug full of peppermint tea. Ahhhhh. I'm going to appreciate stuff more when I am done.
On the other hand it is amazing to be happy without any comforts like that. Maybe... Happier without them?