Connecticut: a well -kept house

Do you know the type of house where you enter and immediately think you want to take off your shoes at the door and order the hand towel on the dressing table after using it? This is how I felt when walking along the path of the Appalaches in Connecticut last week. It was clear that trail maintenance teams took their job seriously, and the work is to protect the trail of the trafficking of hikers and at the same time make the experience fun and interesting. The open clues to direct the feet along a unique and well -defined path and the meticulously constructed signs of wise green (all other states use peanut peanut for their signs, friends) are just some of the ways in which Connecticut executes a well -ordered house that was a delight to travel.

To the box score

• Friendly People – 95/95
• Hostile wild creatures – 0*
• Errors – 1
• Injury report: the left shoulder is becoming a problem

As we go to more remote parts of the path, far from the sections close to the main cities, I am seeing a decrease in the total number of people every day. Even with the summer holidays completely on swing, I am walking less than the types of places that people hit during a day or a weekend trip. The bubble of hikers is still south of me and there is a lot of calm and contemplative time to get lost in thought. Almost three months after this adventure, I have not yet found a person who considers hostile; truly notable. There is a spirit of help and peace that would like to be able to bott and distribute free.

It seems that snakes are doing their snake business elsewhere, not a single this week I noticed. After the Angry Rattler last week, it’s fine for me. *Given the change in animals that are becoming clear in New England, I will change this category in the future to reflect interesting creatures in general, not only those that people generally fear. There will be alces in these forests, and I am attentive to them while I go to the north!

With the continuous wet conditions, I had another minor sliding in a humid trunk. It is quite difficult to stay vertically with the slippery balance! But everything is fine, without related injuries. The injury that is beginning to steal the care center is not what I expected. I thought that my knees and hips would be a problem (and they could still be in the second half), but what can make me ibuprofen is my left shoulder. It is a strange source of pride that I have been able to work through pain with rest and stretching so far, without the so -called vitamin I of the hiker, but that path may be coming to an end. I am putting both posts in my right hand so that my left arm can rest for periods during hiking day. The pain focuses between the blade and my column, with a growing discomfort at the top of my arm when the miles join every day. I have two days off, so we will see if this is resolved like many other emerging pains in the last three months.

The land of stable habits

In 1929, the farmer of Connecticut, Ned Anderson, hooked on the idea of ​​burning the part of his state of the trail of the Appalaches, essentially from the New York Bear mountain to the Bear mountain of Connecticut, just south of the Massachusetts border. (Margin note: Surely one of these states could have found a more original name for its mountain). NED had the wisdom of forming the first Boy Scout troop of his city to guarantee a constant supply of free, strong and anxious work to keep this in progress for almost twenty years under his direction. He must have given his responsibility to the equally expert managers because the path you see today in Connecticut is as tidy as they come.

This is what happens when hikers try to make alternative paths in CT. «You shall not pass!»

The non -subtle guide to remain on the way was clear in several ways and the follower of rules in me was happy to make my part to keep this house in order. At one point, there was a sign that said that the path of the path was narrow; I took this to make the neighbors did not want to wander through their land. It turned out to be foresee that these people do not make curves. There will be no soft increases in the state of the Constitution.

This fun rock crack was an extreme example of the straight and narrow path in Connecticut.

Connecticut served a good dose of fun, more specifically in a small place called St. John’s Ledges. I met one of the three crest corridors just before starting the descent and he reiterated several times that the fall is steep and should be careful. He does not shrink from Violet, he was ready for the challenge. I was not joking, although I do not have the exact numbers, this part of the paths falls around 600 vertical feet in less than a quarter of a mile. Funny times!

Connecticut had a fun set of rock revolts like this.

There were also many beautiful and reflective portions of the path along the many places that roam the forest along the Ten Mile River or the Housatonic.

This lovely and flat road hugged the Housatonic River for miles.

Beautiful Connecticut path! It is really impressive how these trees can live in so little soil.

Reaching the midpoint!

This publication would be incomplete without a small celebration of my milestone at the midpoint. I have walked 1100 miles and, although I never let myself take too much with the many things that could have derailed so far, I am more than grateful for the strength that have conspired to get me here. In particular, Beancounter’s support from home creates a mental calm for me that allows me to concentrate on this adventure and blue bear, always the logistics genius next to the path, is gathering a fan base that extends far beyond me.

I understand why people often write about their mid -point lessons learned. I have nothing particularly exclusive to offer that it has not yet been written. However, I will spend some lines describing the things that I am still trying to solve.

• Sun protection: I wear a sun hoodie, an athletic ball and long pants to limit my exposure to the sun and insects. I would say that this is working in general, but I still can’t keep enough sunscreen on my face to avoid that pink end of the day that my dermatologist will scold me in October. Sweat is poured from my nose and chin, carrying each solar product (I have tried three) with it.
• FEET: This has really been a What-A-Mole game. At first, he was hypervigilant with Feet fingers and Leukotyp To avoid blisters, what has worked. To keep my feet, I blocked my comfortable cords, which unfortunately created several weeks of arc pain. I changed Speedgoat Mid Trail Shoes and seemed to solve the fingers of the feet and arches. My heels are improving, but they are not yet resolved, with heel pads and trice daily stretch sessions. Many through hikers are fighting these things, there are simply no easy answers for the type of beating that the feet take.
• Sleep: my dream is usually bad, so it is not a surprise that I am fighting, even at night when I sleep in the bear’s den. My sleeping pad, the inflatable pad, the mask for eyes and ear plugs are useful. With the increase in heat, my biggest problem is to avoid that bag that stays with the dream that comes from sweaty skin.

Curiosities of the path

Do not let it say that the meticulous volunteers of paths in Connecticut have no sense of humor. I will confess that it took me a minute to get the joke when I saw this water avoor carved on a sign placed well above my head on a tree that had fallen along the path.

Remember to look for beauty

The state Limerick

This week’s limerick was practically written. Thank you, Connecticut, for appealing my request for order and fun rock revolts.

Connecticut

• Descent of San Juan, oh that torn
• Ordered signs, of people who worry-oh!
• Do not leave the path of the path
• Because in ct you have
• Stay on the line and the narrow!

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