Letter to a friend in PA

So I got your letter the other day. I was quite excited, don't mind tellin' ya. But I think you are probably back home now. Or close to it. So I'm gonna jump back into the 21st Century with both feet. Hooray for email indeed! Lots has happened since I last wrote ya. I have bagged several more peaks in NH's 4000 footer list, I have an apartment in Rock Island, Illinois, and I start work on September the 2nd. Wahoo. You sound like you've had a great time at camp this summer, which I am very happy to hear about. I think you have that nurturing thing going on, which is very cool. So who ya been talkin to? I've been trying to keep up coorispondence with a number of people, you being one of them. I guess the other people you would know would be Eric H, and a facebook message here and there with Ginger.

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So what are you up to now that you're back from camp? Getting all packed again for school? I got a pile of stuff sitting in my living room for the movers to take. They take like 8 days to get there, so I could be living in my appt with absolutely no stuff for a while. Yay for Thermarest? Thursday I am going back up to the Whites to do a Presidential Traverse. At night. With my sister (and her mohawk) and our friend Sarah. Its like 26 miles or so. Anyway, as long as the weather holds out, it should be a lot of fun. OK, talk to ya soon I hope!
-tom