Sunday, August 30, 2009
447 miles left!
I'm in New Hampshire!!! Wahoo! Just got into Hanover in the rainy rain rain...anyone surprised?! Fortunately, the forecast clears up and should be sunny and shiny by the time we get to the Whites - now will it stay that way all the way through the whites and presidentials? For some reason, I don't think so.
The low the night before last was in the 30s - like 36! I can't believe it's august and already getting that cold - but I guess we are pretty far north.
Well, Pyrofly just got in, and one of the pizza places in town offers a free slice of pizza to thru-hikers (knowing full well one slice is not enough - but that's just good business, right?). time to ciao down on food...I'll be back for a little more later today!
The low the night before last was in the 30s - like 36! I can't believe it's august and already getting that cold - but I guess we are pretty far north.
Well, Pyrofly just got in, and one of the pizza places in town offers a free slice of pizza to thru-hikers (knowing full well one slice is not enough - but that's just good business, right?). time to ciao down on food...I'll be back for a little more later today!
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Snap, Crackle, POP!
Well it looks like I've knocked off several more miles since Kent! I'm currently in Rutland, VT - about 487 miles from Katahdin, and less than 50 miles to New Hampshire...
My pack broke!! What am I gonna do??? I get to deal with warranty/returns for Osprey and hopefully get it taken care of. I've lost some circumfrance in waist area due to day in and day out hiking, so my pack has been fitting differently...this may have been the cause, I'm not really sure. I had it on and picked up my poles and "pop", the internal frame snapped right in half!! I was quite happy it wasn't my achilles - that would have been really bad, much worse and more costly than a broken pack. But it's still a pain in the derrier!
Life on the trail is good, though. We've got mountainous lands again and I've finally gotten rid of the poison ivy that's been lurking on my ankle over the past 2 weeks or so.
It continues to rain...oh, the rain. Fortunately, it's not for weeklong periods anymore, but Mr. Hurricane Bill certainly dumped more than a handful on us.
Ahhh, internet time is much too short these days. I've gotta figure out some warranty info for my pack before my time is up.
ciao!~
My pack broke!! What am I gonna do??? I get to deal with warranty/returns for Osprey and hopefully get it taken care of. I've lost some circumfrance in waist area due to day in and day out hiking, so my pack has been fitting differently...this may have been the cause, I'm not really sure. I had it on and picked up my poles and "pop", the internal frame snapped right in half!! I was quite happy it wasn't my achilles - that would have been really bad, much worse and more costly than a broken pack. But it's still a pain in the derrier!
Life on the trail is good, though. We've got mountainous lands again and I've finally gotten rid of the poison ivy that's been lurking on my ankle over the past 2 weeks or so.
It continues to rain...oh, the rain. Fortunately, it's not for weeklong periods anymore, but Mr. Hurricane Bill certainly dumped more than a handful on us.
Ahhh, internet time is much too short these days. I've gotta figure out some warranty info for my pack before my time is up.
ciao!~
Friday, August 7, 2009
Kent, CT
I'm in Kent, Connecticut - yay, one more state down...five to go (Massachussetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine - and the rest of Connecticut).
My brain will forever remember the end of NY and early CT as the lands of bogs and bugs...lots of swamp-esque, humid flatlands infested with mosquitos and bugs. flatlands=flat lands, so that's been nice on the legs and feet. We've been getting almost the quantity of rain we got earlier on, though, which leaves the trail muddy and the boglands smelling like yuck. I'll get over it.
I don't have much time, so this is it for now...
ciao!
My brain will forever remember the end of NY and early CT as the lands of bogs and bugs...lots of swamp-esque, humid flatlands infested with mosquitos and bugs. flatlands=flat lands, so that's been nice on the legs and feet. We've been getting almost the quantity of rain we got earlier on, though, which leaves the trail muddy and the boglands smelling like yuck. I'll get over it.
I don't have much time, so this is it for now...
ciao!
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