06.15.08
Posted in Hike '08 at 7:07 pm by segue
16mi to Seth Warner
Evil Greylock!
Taunted us with clear skies, then fogged us in as soon as we made the summit. We had a big day and with 9+ miles still to go to reach the VT border.
Back to the Green mountains. With one last kick in the ass from MA. 1000′ up a rock slide. and teasing us with a moving border finally made it home again to The Green Mountains. Could tell the change immediately. Got into Seth Warner shelter with light to spare. Met Cara, Erica, Kaya they were on their first day of a Long Trail through hike.
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06.14.08
Posted in Hike '08 at 11:08 pm by segue
to Mark Noepel
Slept in late dark room. Mailed off our boxes and headed out of town. Going to Cheshire looking for Denatured Alcohol. Strong Thunder, of course, chased us into Floyd’s Mecca a Shell station, hiker friendly with a big overhang. Where we waited out a strong violent thunder storm buying lottery tickets.
Only five miles to go made it into the shelter early with 23 people already in camp. Two groups of camp councilors in training were there.
“I’m feeling happy! Accckkkkkk, THuuuupppppp!” Floyd
“You okay? Whats all that noise?” Segue
“I just swallowed a bug!” Floyd
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06.13.08
Posted in Hike '08 at 8:02 pm by segue
3mi into Dalton Ma.
I know what your saying and yes we should have gotten our boxes and then pushed on. But town has Laundry, Pizza and Ice Cream.
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06.12.08
Posted in Hike '08 at 7:20 pm by segue
17.6 mi to Kaywood Lean-to
Beautiful day for a walk! Ma finally gave in and gave us a day without huge rocks, swamp, rain, or high temps.
After eating our weight in “PANCAKES!” Every few minutes we would hear Penny scream from the back kitchen PANCAKES! and Mike would stop what every story he was in the middle of weaving, run into the cabin and fetch the latest batch of hot PANCAKES! they started out as raspberry and blackberry. By the end they had broken into their stash of blueberries and made several rounds of blueberry PANCAKES!
After eating as much as our bellies would hold we napped until noon.
We passed several lakes and beaver ponds. Saw to Great Blue Loons. Got to the first lean-to about 4p and still had 8.8mi to go before dark. Easy flat walk beautiful blue skies with a beautiful sunset.
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06.11.08
Posted in Hike '08 at 7:12 pm by segue
14mi to Upper Goose Pond
Beautiful day for a walk! 20º cooler then last week. Dryer, breezy and an easy 14mi. Hips and knees hurting a lot. Lots of muck and swamp in the trail running like stream. Got into cabin with enough time for a cool swim in the lake after meeting Mike, Penny and Noked a half Border Collie/Australian Shepherd. Great people Mike and Penny lots of stories and tails of the trail. Fed us very ripe great tasting cantaloupe which Noked intently watched us eat every dripping bite.
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06.10.08
Posted in Hike '08 at 7:03 pm by segue
17.1mi US7 to Mt. Wilcox N.
Very, Very, Very, Very HOT!!! It was 85º at 8:50am as we were driven back to the trail head by Paviel. Humid Dank Moist Wet dripping buggy. Kept us from making good time. Stopping a lot resting and drinking lots of water.
Late in the afternoon we stopped at Tom Lenard shelter for lunch and an afternoon siesta till 4p. Then 7mi in “cooler” afternoon/evening. Got into camp about 7:30p. Hearing thunder come and go all afternoon but no rain. About 10p It returned with a vengeance and unleashed. The light show from within my tent was crazy. Felt like lightning was hitting all around me.
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06.08.08
Posted in Hike '08 at 3:55 pm by segue
6.2mi to Route 7
Woke Early, for me, and started breaking down camp. Floyd showed up while I was eating breakfast. Already a hot humid and very sticky. Out of the gate had to climb Mt. Everett 2602′. Taking many short breaks and drinking lots of water to keep hydrated. Climbed Jug End 1750′. As soon as I got to the bottom the storms rolled in and the skies opened up.
Had about four miles of almost flat trail. Putting on my speed walking shoes. through swampy wet sloppy trail and some of the most fierce misquotes. In full rain I was slapping six at a time off my arms an hands. The lightening and thunder threatened to shake us off the very trail. Even throwing dime sized hail at us there was no reprieve. Massachusetts was letting us know we were very unwelcome. Filling my boots to the top with water. I made it to US7 and found the Corn Crib. Very sweet lady that ran it lets hikers stop in and get dry or stay in her gazebo. I used her phone and call to get a room and find a laundry to dry out. In Great Barrington, Ma.
I waited out in the gazebo for about an hour for Floyd who had stopped and held up on someone’s front porch to wait out the worst of the storm, instead of running through the open fields with lightening crashing all around. When he made US 7 I suggested a ride into town.
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06.07.08
Posted in Hike '08 at 3:54 pm by segue
15.7mi to Race Brook Falls Camp Site
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06.06.08
Posted in Hike '08 at 3:54 pm by segue
7mi to Limestone Lean-to
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06.05.08
Posted in Hike '08 at 3:53 pm by segue
15mi to Belters Campsite
Waa-Hoo! three mile stones today! We have hiked 100 miles, we are 700 miles from Katahdin and I broke through the Lyme Barrier where I got off the trail last year!!!!! There really is more of the trail out here! GEat day legs feel strong pack feels good, lots of ups and downs. From W Cornwall Road to Pine Swamp Brook Lean-to. Went through another tight Lemon squeezer.
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