15 miles (93 Total) Homer Stone Trail to Clarendon Shelter 43.52387, -72.91228 We woke up early to try and catch the 6:30 bus back to South Wallingford. This turned out to be a mistake because the bus doesn’t run on Sundays, even though the website says so. We just stood there at the bus stop […]
Zero Day, Yellow Deli Hostel 43.60651, -72.97881 My foot looked a lot better when I woke up. I think it will be fine to hike out on tomorrow. This was a relief. Carolyn was getting nervous that she would have to deal with the black flies all by herself. The day was spent lounging around,
2 Miles (78 Total) Little Rock Pond Shelter to Rutland Yellow Deli Hostel 43.60651, -72.97881 We took a side trail out towards Route 7 to get back to Rutland. My foot didn’t look any better in the morning, just slightly worse. The laceration yesterday was able to close on its own without applying any pressure,
12 miles (76 Total) Styles Peak to Little Rock Pond Shelter 43.39891, -72.95405 Today was great until we went swimming in Little Rock Pond. It was a nice swim. The water was cool and refreshing, and it felt amazing washing the last 6 days of salt and dirt off of my body. Fully rejuvenated, I
10 miles (64 Total) Bromley Mountain back to Manchester then back to Bromley then on to Styles Peak 43.27373, -72.93817 Carolyn didn’t feel well at all last night and had a strange bite on the back of her head, near the base of her neck. It looked like a potential tick bite. Her symptoms came
14 miles (54 Total) Stratton Pond to Bromley Mountain Ski Hut 43.22742, -72.93989 We started out dry on our way to Vermont Route 30, and were soon caught in a passing morning shower. It seemed as if the storm system wasn’t quite done with us yet. Ponchos were thrown on to mitigate the rain and
15 miles (40 Total) Glastonbury Mountain to Stratton Pond Shelter 43.10036, -72.96412 We woke up in my most favorite place, the cloud. It encapsulated the mountain, our tent, and everything inside it. It didn’t matter much anyway. Everything has been mostly in a damp and wet state since starting, a victim of the humid forest
15 miles (28 Total) Congdon Shelter to Glastonbury Mountain 42.97742, -73.07162 We slept okay for the first night and morning soon came, along with a light drizzle that only lasted a moment. It was still humid and warm, and everything was sticky and gross, something we will have to get used to. First light is
13 miles (13 Total) Pine Cobble Trail Head to Congdon Shelter 42.84811, -73.10961 It rained somewhat on our ride up to North Adams from Springfield to start our Long Trail hike. Clouds hovered over the northern Berkshire Mountains hiding them from sight as we drove along winding Route 2. There were a lot of rafting
It’s already been quite a year: 3,250 miles cycled across the United States, 400 miles cycled across South Korea, two weeks backpacking through Japan, and a 500 mile walk across Spain. I’m not really sure where the time went, but it certainly went by fast. I can still remember planning for all this stuff not