So once again we continued our treck north in the beautiful adarondack (sp) mountains. Its cold here, like arctic temperatures. And neither of us brought more than one pair of pants. We took some seriously intense gravil road over the mountains and through the woods for about 2 hours and then stopped and took a ferry boat across lake champlain. It was raining so it wasnt too exciting. Additionally dad insisted that we needed to wake up at 7:30. This completely through off my circadian rhythm and REM cycle so i wasn't much fun today. Thats ok because dad's used to being grouchy. Anways we stopped on in a hotel (guess which one) on the border of Vermont and New Hampshire. We're right by Dartmouth University which is pretty cool. Anways we decided to go to Chili's for dinner and the human compass insisted that he knew exactly where it was. He even looked at the gps system but insisted on leaving it in the hotel room because he "knew the way there". It is possible that he looked at the roads but i doubt that he read their names. We ended up on a 6 mile road that said "dead end" at the beginning. However the human compass stops at nothing. Convinced that the dead end sign really meant that it was "shaped like a horseshoe and would dump us out at the Chili's", we continued down this lovely road until it proved him wrong with another dead end sign and we turned around. So we hit the highway. And the human compass (HC if you will) missed the exit and couldnt turn around for another 9 miles. Hungry, cold, and grouchy we finally found the Chili's. It of course was delicious but i have to say people in the north are just not as friendly as they are in the south. Its probobly because their always cold and their tired of driving up 12 degree inclines all the time. Thats all for now, tomorrow we are climbing Mt. Washington where i expect it will be MUCH warmer than it is here.....the high is supposed to be 45. So thats good news.

Love always, Emily and HC