Day 72

North Hudson,NY - East Middlebury,NY (46 miles)

Today was hot, really hot. And humid. We found out later that the heat index was 117-127 degrees and was listed as "extreme danger." Great.

Other than suffering from mild dehydration and near heat stroke, the day was pretty good! We made it to Vermont and got some free apple cider.

We also got thunderstormed on, then hailed on, and then just good old fashion rained on. But our day ended in a nice warm bed! However we had to work for our beds. We found a host house to stay at, but no one was home when we got there (which) we knew before hand. We were also told there would be a dog. So exhausted and wet we pulled up, only to find a dog barking it's head off at us from inside. Oh no. Great. Here we are, three strangers walking into a house andthis dog was going to rip us to shreads. Sara was the brave one who went in first. The dog, Sasha, was just as terrified of us, however, she made sure we knew who was boss and religated us to the kitchen as she held down the fort upstairs. Thank god there was a bathroom right off the kitchen! Periodically she would sneak down the stairs to see if we had left yet, only to see us looking at her. With a few barks at us, she would head back upstairs.

Once our hosts (Mark, Lorie and Te'a) got home, everything was fine. We made friends with Sasha and went up stairs to take a shower. Needless to say, today was and adventure, but we wouldn't have had any other way.