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Budget

Before giving you with my dance movements through Vermont, I thought I should update you about the budget after the first two weeks in nature.

If you have read many blogs like me, you will often see the metric of $ 1000 per month applied to long -distance paths in the United States. I believe very firmly in Hyoh (walk of walking its own walk), and if that is an average number that all the power for those who spend it and enjoy their experience in the AT.

I have always been something frugal by nature (the laugh of anyone who reads what knows me well, the tight ass would be a much more precise description). So I had always thought about the logistics ease that the AT presents, and the excellent configuration of the grocery store that exists in the United States would be easy for me to have a good time and spend less than this metric.

It turns out that he was right (even a broken watch does it well twice a day). My total expense during the first two weeks is $ 100. I have enjoyed a lot of food, my dream has improved every day after the Jetlag Devils vanished and I am having a great adventure.

What I have not been doing is staying in shelters or hotels by replenishing in cities or eating in restaurants (I have eaten in groceries when possible).

I thought it was worth sharing for those other tight asses who wonder what is realistic and possible. I will update every 2 weeks and see if this number changes as I cover more land.

The bear

So I had walks around 7.30 in the morning today. He had slept until 6.30 in the morning, since he was quite tired after all the escalation yesterday. I had walked for about an hour when I met Charlie and two teenagers, who had started the long path yesterday. I heard the three about 1 km before seeing them, since youth exuberance was exhibited in the form of many talks. I went beyond them, and I thought for myself that it was unlikely that they see a lot of wildlife (and, of course, that is perfectly fine).

While I was moving away from the children, after about thirty minutes, you can imagine my surprise when I saw my third bear! First, he was surprising, since he could still listen to the boys behind me, and apparently the bear could not. Secondly, although I can understand the Massachusetts bear bribing through the Connecticut border, it is absolutely ridiculous that a bear has managed to sneak into vermont from all places.

The bear was only 20 yards about the path, stroking the ground in search of breakfast. With my quasi experience, I estimated that the bear had approximately one year. I turned on the stealthy mode and took my phone ready to capture the moment. Just when I went to take the first photo, Bozo the bear finally noticed my presence and left how Usain Bolt at his best.

So everything I managed to capture is a brown fluff ball in the center of the photo above. I imagine that I did not want to be identified given the illegal nature of its location.

Movements like Jagger

Have I mentioned the mud in Vermont? The very humid May that the State experienced has resulted in trails absolutely covered in brown things.

Fortunately, the mud dodge is in my timonera. He spent many years that they cease to be the deep mud in New Zealand have left me with some dazzling dance movements. The irony of this skill is that I think it could actually be the worst dancer he has ever lived. I am also sure that if you asked someone who has seen me dance, they would agree that I am the worst dancer in the world.

Therefore, it is strange that when it is placed in front of hundreds of meters of mud, start moving from the rock to the submerged middle trunk not seen as me Fred Astaire. Like Tom Hanks in a bigger piano than Life, I slide on the deep wet mud and go to the other side with dry feet.

I took a break around 10.30 in the morning in this shelter and ate another bar. Apart from the land, it had been a reasonably easy morning, and the kilometers flew.

A really steep descent took me back to another road. Crossing these main roads is always an excellent way to increase your heart rhythm, since a clear -looking road can have a 100 km/have car along it while it is in the middle of your crossing. I often believe that the driver must be thinking why there is a human who crosses the road in the middle of nowhere.

Once safely, I started the long climb to the camp. I met Chestnut on the road, and we decided to stop for lunch somewhere in the steep up up, a very strategic decision.

Camp

A jump, jump and three jumps after lunch we arrive at the shelter. Soon we were united by the camp’s maintainer that had walked a short road from a dirt road to give it an order of order.

I had gotten into my hammock near the shelter, and enjoyed some jokes with the other two knights while sueding in the wind.

Finally, the maintenance ended its cleaning, and then offered some Mre if we were hungry.

Ask a hiker if they are hungry is really a bit how to ask a fish if I preferred to be in the water. With pleasure I accepted the donation of food and spent the afternoon eating military food, which is very good and calorically dense.

Some other hikers arrived at the camp throughout the afternoon, some doing the LT. After a delicious side dinner and knorrs rice tuna, I went to my store and was asleep just a few minutes before the sun decided to wear.

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