We Finished

March 25th to September 25th, 6 months!

UPDATE:

I've gone over 1000 miles
With less than 400 left
And 2 more states left
New Hampshire, and Maine

Asking for help and realizing this adventure isn't just for me.

So as I continue my adventure along the AT, I start to enjoy the
simple pleasures in life; like being able to stay dry when its raining
or being able to take a shower. As we get closer to Maine I realize
more and more how it feels to be homeless and yet I feel I am still
more fortunate then most who are homeless. It has made me really
appreciate the support that I have back home in Seattle and the
support that I have had along the trail. I now find myself in a new
predicament. I have less money to finish this trip then I would like
to have had at this point. However, I do not give up hope things will
be difficult, but I have learned that with help someone can survive
any obsticale that they may face. I have gotten to the point along
this journey that nothing, short of god's will, will stop me from
finishing it. However, I also realize that this journey is not just my
own but is those who have and do support me along it. I guess I write
all this to ask for help and to say thank you to those who have and
still do support me, especially my mom. Anyway if you would like to
help me along this journey the best way would be to send food if you
are willing. We have about nine stops before we reach the end and each
stop has a post office where you can send stuff. Below is a list of
places we are going to stop at and the address for the post office.
With any of the post offices whatever you send should be addressed to:

Chris Mears
c/o General Delivery
City, state, zip code

And the notation "hold for A.T. Hiker."
As far as what kind of food, all food is appreciated; ofcourse some
more than others. Any meal where you just have to add water is cool
such as lipton sides, mac and cheese, or instant mashed potato mix.
Snacks are always good too especially things like cliff bars or
granola bars or candy is always a good spirit lifter. In fact almost
anything is good, the lighter in weight the better. Again I want to
thank all of you who have supported me along this trip, it has been
one of the things I look forward to most when we get into town and
someone has sent me something.

List of our stops in order:

1.Hanover, NH 03755
Eta: Aug 20th

2. Glencliff, NH 03238
Eta: Aug 21st

3. North Woodstock, NH 03262
Eta: Aug 23rd

4. Gorham, NH 03581
Eta: Aug 30th

5. Andover, ME 04216
Eta: Sep 4th

6. Rangeley, ME 04970
Eta: Sep 7th

7. Stratton, ME 04982
Eta: Sep 10th

8. Caratunk, ME 04925
Eta: Sep 13th

9. Monson, ME 04464
Eta: Sep 16th

Almost 3 states to go

So it has been since New York that I have posted an update. Last I told you my phone was dead. Well it has been a couple of states since then, and we are now in Massachusetts and we have almost three states to go before we are done. I got my new iPhone when we were in Kent which was about a week and a half ago. However the new phone had none of my contacts. So I don't have any body's number anymore, so give me a call if you have my number and I might not be able to talk at the time but I can at least call you back. It has been an interesting couple of days with really cool views and interesting people to meet along the way. For example currently we are in a town called Dalton staying at a place called the Birdcage. To get to the birdcage we had to go to the shell station and ask for Rob. So it felt like we were going to a secret club or something but it turned out the Rob was a really cool guy who let us stay at his house for free and let us take a shower and even did our laundry for us and tonight we are going to celebrate the birthday of Guy who goes by the name of "naked time." Anyway things are going well except for the weather we seem to get rained on everyday for a little bit but you get used to it, I guess, and we are about two days away from Vermont. I hope everyone is doing well in Seattle and I hope to see you all as soon as I can.

The Death of my phone and the first in a new state

SO about two days ago. It decided to rain on us while we were hiking in the middle of the woods and I'm not talking about a thunderstorm where it rains hard for fifteen minutes and then stops this was hours upon hours of it. SO in the morning when it was still doing this we decided we were going to go into town, which was seven miles away. SO we left when it was raining and because of the rain, I decided to listen to some music on my iPhone because my rain jacket had a spot for it. Little did I know that with in half an hour of doing this my phone would die because it was sitting in a pool of water in the pocket that was supposed to keep it out of the water. When we got closer to town it stopped raining. So it had rained basically just long enough to turn my phone into a $400 dollar brick. The town we got to was called Unionville, which is the first town we came across that is in new york. While in town trying to find a place to stays the night we happened to find a number for a man who would let us shower and do laundry at his home. When we called this number it turn out that the offer was for a place to stay and that this aforementioned man was actually the major of Unionville. So for one night we stay at the major's house and were treated to a fine dinner and a very nice breakfast, free of charge. Any way we have gone about another thirty miles since then and today we found a cooler with water and a card with number on it. We called that number and found a nice couple on the other end who have offered us a place to stay the night free of charge as well. I started out thinking that new york was full of a bunch of; pompous, arrogant people who thought they were better then everyone else caused they lived in "the empire state." I have stay say though that new york has some of the nicest people that I have met on the trail so far.

My return to the trail.

So it been about two weeks since I got back on to the AT and what a
two weeks it has been. First off I have been reborn on the trail, I'm
sad to say that Cat hole is dead but I am quite proud to say that
Rainman is hiking strong. Rain man seems to be more in-line with where
I came from. Also I recieved this new name on account of the fact that
rain seems to follow me. Its the middle of summer and we have ben
rained on about a week out of the two that I've been on. Anyway we
have gone about 200 miles. We spent about two days in Maryland and
have spent the rest in PA the rockiest state on the trail. We spent
our 4th at Fayetteville a very small town but we did get to see
fireworks. The reason we stayed there was because it twisted my ankles
and my boots weren't working so for about five days I have hiked in
crocs and then got some keens, yeah keens! We are now in a town called
Port Clinton and will be in new jersey in about six days. I hope all
is well with my peeps back in Seattle.

How did you spend your 4th of July?

So I started this morning off with a hurt achillies tendon, that I
couldn't walk on in the middle of PA. With nothing to do in the
middle of no where and then it started to rain. So we got a room at
the scotish inn motel. Not what you would call a traditional 4th of
July celebration but we were able to see fireworks from out side our
window. So not very traditional but very memorable. Anyway I hope
yours was just as memorable.