Sloxing by New England – The Trek

When they informed me about blogs for the walk, they warned me that bloggers often have a gap or two longs between blogs, and only one needs to accept and open it. «No I!» I told myself. Well, he has done it since July 14, or 30 days, since the last time I published. Yes, it happens.

Central and I have spent time crossing the Hudson on the Bear Mountain bridge, slowly leaving New York through a suffocating climate, crossing Connecticut and ending in Wiilliamstown, Massachusetts, just a few miles from the Vermont border. Since July 31, we have been out of the way, in the center to enjoy a vacation with the distant family on the coast, while I have been working on projects at home and learning Medicare’s complexities. However, we are leaving aside all that, since we advance until Maine early, August 14, fishing to put the path under the feet and finish the remaining 600 miles of the AT.

Heat and path of path

Central and I had covered around a dozen miles on August 16, and we were sitting in a bank near a road water stop, contemplating how we were going to deal with the heat of 93 degrees, when a friendly local resident stopped, he lowered the window and asked him «Would you like to take a dip in my pool?» And so our most unusual paths of trails of our walk began.

We walk along the gravel path, we find the direction and soon enjoy the charming pool. We were hungry? But of course! Soon the sandwiches and sausage snacks followed. To top it off, a neighbor offered its conditioning gym for our night accommodation, as well as night snacks. We did the time the next day, but we have not matched the magic of the path that exceeded the heat of that day.

On July 17 we stayed at the RPH shelter (Ralph’s Peak walker cabin), an unusual shelter, which became a small building. We met Folly before in a state park and joined him camping in RPH. Folly obtained his name as a path of his family and friends in Maryland, who believed that his goal of walking was a silly idea or crazy. He was demonstrating that they were wrong, and was an excellent path of paths for many days.

As we continue north, we found that the existence of delicatessen and restaurants near the path gave us food options. If they were within a third of a mile or less, we would take the side path to enjoy a sandwich, Danish or other fresh food.

Adam, a friend of Central’s family, joined us for two days, walking towards Connecticut with us. His visit allowed me to replace my damaged trekking posts and worn boots. It was also fun to see a young hiker address hills with little difficulty and without use of trekking posts.

In a rhythm

Soon central and I develop a four -day hiking rhythm, followed by a nero for reproview, laundry, general cleaning and real food. We were close to Kent, CT, and then Great Barrington, Mass, where Liz, another friend of the central family, transported us about the area and gave us with stories of Lake Lake, and the story of Buffalo, New York. It was good to have something different to think about.

We stayed in several camps and shelters throughout this leg of our walk. The most challenging was the spring refuge probably limestone, where we camped on July 22. It is accessed by a lateral half -mile path, which includes a challenging descent (and climbing in the morning). The shelter and camp were well maintained, and the spring very convenient.

The Cookie Lady (2.0) provided accommodation in Jully 27. We stayed on an old plane hanger and enjoyed incredible muffins of pumpkin blueberries. I melted five of these lovely delights. I hope to find this recipe once the path has completed.

The madness, central and I climbed Mount Graylock on July 30, arriving early after one night at the Mark Noepel shelter. Central continued its previously unknown ability to find porcospines, discovering one near the monument in Mount Graylock.

Next steps

We went to Maine tomorrow, with the aim of completing that state before turning and ending New Hampshire and Vermont. At present, we plan to climb Mount Graylock again, using it as our symbolic final point for us through. Yes, our walking walk has definitely been unique.

I will try to see the calendar more closely in the rest of the walk and get an update before. Enjoy the rest of your summer, everything, and thanks for following us. Hogmaw out.

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