Woodstock, New Hampshire

Woo hoo, we have found an internet cafe with more than 1 computer!!
Today we have driven to a place called Woodstock which is just past Lincoln where we were planning on staying, again we are staying in a motel and it's cheap as chips.
We picked up a local map to get our bearings, it is a kind of fun map though with no actual scale on it.
We saw this internet place and decided we would walk there as it's a lovely sunny day and it didn't look far, well it's about 2 miles, but hey what do we care, it's not like we have to be at work tonight, or up early tomorrow :o)
It is a cafe type place and there are tons of 2nd hand books so I will be having a rummage through there when I've finished surfing.
Apart from the above I am now a proficient map reader (well at least I think so, Matt may have something to say about that) you don't realise the importance of them until you do something like this and rely on one every day.
I also bought Matt a watch for Christmas with a compass on, that has also come in really useful, and we really would have been lost without it (no pun intended)
The weather is scorchio today which is good news for us and it is going to get hotter as the week goes on.
It is a holiday weekend for the Americans this week (it probably is for you too actually??) so it is the official start of the U.S holiday season this week, which means that hotel rates start to go up, luckily for us we fly to Ecuador on Sunday, and we have just booked a hostel for $17 a night including private bathroom!!
Can't believe I'm having so much fun, I thought I would be more unsettled/homesick but there is just so much to do everyday (or even not if we chose)
The small towns out of the big cities are really strange places, everybody wears dungarees and I can't help but think that everybody is just a little bit backward, or to put it politely just not quite as forward as us!?!?! although just about everybody we've met has been friendly and hospitable.
People are also very religious over here, churches everywhere.
We filled the car up with petrol on the way to New Hampshire, it cost $26, which is about 13 quid, needless to say we think it's an absolute bargain, however the Americans are going mad at the moment about the massive increase in petrol prices, that said EVERYBODY drives around in a monster truck.
They really do need to get greener over here and be more accountable for the environment, the packaging you get when ordering a coffee and a dunking donut is just silly and it all gets thrown in the bin, they are not into recycling over here, or at least not on as bigger scale as they need to be.
So what am I missing most about home..
My family and friends obviously, but as far as the things you cant get into your ruck sack go I'd have to say:
1) My never ending supply of toiletries and perfume
2) A decent hairdryer
3) All your clothes and shoes that are there whether you wear them or not (here Ive got a pair of trekking shoes, a pair of dodgy trekking sandals (that I wouldn't be seen dead in at home) and a pair of flip flops)
4) A handbag (as strange as that sounds, it's weird going out every day without one, girls will understand)
5) A hot curry, we have had a few lovely Thai meals and we even had an Indian in NY but none as hot and spicy as you get back home.
All things to look forward too when we get back!!