Gentian pond 2162 feet. Moose. Although we didn't see it grazing in the pond last night , we had a great swim after a difficult sweaty day.
Yesterday we left China at 0800 and headed for Gorham NH. We had an 11 o'clock date with a shuttle to take from the parking lot on ft. 2 to the trail head for Carlo Col trail head. A trail that will lead to the AT. Here called the Mahoosucs Trail or goal is to hike SOBO back to our car. Got to Gorham early and picked up a couple of subway Sammies to squirrel away for lunch on the trail. We were hiking at noon and on the AT BY 1:30. It was the most expensive shuttle I've had since starting this. I think it's because of where I am so close to the Whites. and the fact that the place is covered with trails. So we did 7.8 miles and we were beat. A lot of boulder scrambling and long steep ups and downs. Passing a lot of NOBOs, probably feeling pretty good about themselves coming out of the Whites. So here we are at Gentian Pond. We are borrowing Malindi's tent and we left the rain fly off so we could see the stars. That's Kelcy's mug on the pillow. Didn't see any meteor showers --too many trees really but the stars were bright. We both had shake knee syndrome by the time we got to camp. The dip in the pond was great and the food for supper was tasty. ,called Good-to-Go. We shared a curry one and a risotto one, both double servings. Not excellent. I'm using an alcohol stove this trip. I might consider using it on the next section. I have to calibrate how much water I can heat up with so many ounces of fuel. It's going to be a good day to hike. Although one map says it's 18 miles and another says it 13 miles. Oh my.
47° Fog
Appalachian National Scenic Trl, Success, NH, United States
Yesterday we left China at 0800 and headed for Gorham NH. We had an 11 o'clock date with a shuttle to take from the parking lot on ft. 2 to the trail head for Carlo Col trail head. A trail that will lead to the AT. Here called the Mahoosucs Trail or goal is to hike SOBO back to our car. Got to Gorham early and picked up a couple of subway Sammies to squirrel away for lunch on the trail. We were hiking at noon and on the AT BY 1:30. It was the most expensive shuttle I've had since starting this. I think it's because of where I am so close to the Whites. and the fact that the place is covered with trails. So we did 7.8 miles and we were beat. A lot of boulder scrambling and long steep ups and downs. Passing a lot of NOBOs, probably feeling pretty good about themselves coming out of the Whites. So here we are at Gentian Pond. We are borrowing Malindi's tent and we left the rain fly off so we could see the stars. That's Kelcy's mug on the pillow. Didn't see any meteor showers --too many trees really but the stars were bright. We both had shake knee syndrome by the time we got to camp. The dip in the pond was great and the food for supper was tasty. ,called Good-to-Go. We shared a curry one and a risotto one, both double servings. Not excellent. I'm using an alcohol stove this trip. I might consider using it on the next section. I have to calibrate how much water I can heat up with so many ounces of fuel. It's going to be a good day to hike. Although one map says it's 18 miles and another says it 13 miles. Oh my.
47° Fog
Appalachian National Scenic Trl, Success, NH, United States
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