Day 134

Day 134- July 19 – 19.9 miles – Kid Gore Shelter to William Douglas Shelter I woke up just in time to see the sunrise from the comfort of my hammock. Soon after leaving camp, we found out why Vermont was called Vermud. We passed Tenzing and he looked like he was in a lot of […]

Day 133

Day 13- July 18 – 14.4 miles – Bennington VT to Kid Gore Shelter When the Tramily got back on trail, we crossed a bridge and climbed 1000 feet back into the mountains of Vermont. We planned a shorter day. We had finally resigned ourselves to the fact that we never got out of town on […]

Day 132

Day 132 – July 17 – 0 miles – Bennington VT The insect bite on the back of Flashfires leg had gotten pretty bad. It looked like it might be infected so she decided to have it looked at by a doctor. That meant she would have to take a zero. The rest felt we […]

Day 131

Day 131 – July 16 – 11.5 miles – Seth Warner Shelter to Bennington VT In the beginning of the day we saw two notices about the wildlife. One let us know to close the door to the privy so porcupines don’t get in. The other asked us to keep an eye out for pine […]

Day 130

Day 130 – July 15 – 16.5 miles – Mark Noepel Shelter to Seth Warner Shelter Zeus and Flashfire left camp a short time before I did. When I was getting ready to hit the trail, Stoat mentioned that he would meet me at the top of Mt. Greylock. So I hiked the 3.3 miles […]

Day 129

Day 129 – July 14 – 16.9 miles – Kay Wood Shelter to Mark Noepel Shelter (All photos in this post were taken by Flashfire) Three miles into the day we came to the Town of Dalton. Stoat and I took a detour to get breakfast at a diner in town. Meanwhile, Zeus and Flashfire […]

Day 128

Day 128 – July 13 – 17.6 miles – Upper Goose Pond Cabin to Kay Wood Shelter In the morning, Rob and Bonnie made pancakes and coffee for everyone. Waking up the the smell of pancakes being made downstairs is one of the finer things in life. There was no charge to stay at […]

Day 127

Day 127 – July 12 – 14 miles – North Wilcox Shelter to Upper Goose Pond Cabin It was very hot and humid today. The amount of sweat pouring out of my body was astounding. Most of the day was spent either walking through farmland or the wooded hills of Massachusetts. Even though there weren’t […]

Day 126

Day 126 – July 11 – 13.5 miles (+3.0) – Great Barrington to North Wilcox Shelter On the way out of town Stoat and I stopped by a supermarket to resupply. After resupplying, we decided to try our luck hitch hiking out of town. We had been walking with our thumbs out for a long […]

Day 125

Day 125 – July 10 – Great Barrington In the morning Stoat and I were moving very slowly. We shouldn’t have been that tired. The last 5 days had been relatively easy days, and yet we were really tired. As we ate breakfast at the hotel I looked at Stoat and said “Zero?” He agreed […]