Starting location: US 20
Ending location: Dalton, MA
State: MA
Miles today: 19.0
Miles total: 1,559.6
We woke up and enjoyed a hearty breakfast at the Moynihans before we began our slackpack. Patrick
dropped us off at the trail at 9:30 and agreed to pick us up in Dalton at 4:30, which is about 20 miles north. We hit the trail with our daypacks ready to do some trail running. Normally in real life I despise running. But on the trail it's really fun, I guess we just feel so light without our heavy packs.
It didn't take long for us to catch up with Thunder, Daytripper and Whippersnap. We hiked with them until we reached the cookie lady's house. Marilyn and Roy live right off the trail and they offer free cookies and water to hikers that pass by. Of course we stopped to enjoy some cookies, but we needed to hustle to meet Patrick in Dalton.
We made it to Dalton right on time and we headed back towards Lenox. Before leaving town Patrick gave us the history of Dalton and it's most prominent family the Cranes. Some of you may be familiar with my favorite stationary company Crane and Co. Little did I know that I was in the town where my cherished stationary is from! What I also didn't know is that Crane and Co. also makes the paper that all US money is printed on. Fun fact, huh? On our trip back we drove by Herman Melville's home. Lots of famous writers and artists hail from this area of Massachusetts.
We had a great evening filled with hamburgers, ice cream and Bill O'Reilly. Thanks again to the Moynihans for their hospitality! We had a lovely time in Lenox!
Cookies from the Cookie Lady
We cross Railroad tracks all the time.
Conan + Backwards
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