Monday, July 5, 2010

Day 112 - 7/05

Daily mileage: 18.4
Total trail mileage: 1541.4
Starting location: Before Mt Wilcox South Lean-to
Ending location: Tyne Rd / Becket Rd
Weather: 68 degrees in the morning. 77-88 degrees during the day.
Clear and sunny all day.

I am at
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=42.295323,+-73.061526

I got up early this morning but the mosquitoes managed to get up
earlier. They were still hovering around my hammock. I did not want
to get out of the hammock, because I feared getting eaten alive. I
finally decided to act and moved as quickly as possible to get
everything packed up.

I saw a beaver hut in the middle of the pond today. I have seen a
number of beaver dams, but this was the first hut I have seen so far
this trip. No sign of the beaver though.

Rasberries! Finally I found some that were ripe. They were sweet :).
However, I think I prefer the blueberries out here over the
rasberries. The blueberries out on the trail taste better than any I
get in the grocery store. The rasberries are about the same as the
store rasberries. Both are good though.

I passed the 70 percent mark today. There is less than 640 miles left
to go. I remember when I hit 600 miles and thought that the time went
by fairly quickly. I'll be in Vermont in only a couple days and then
just New Hampshire and Maine left after that.

I finished my hike by late afternoon and met my dad. My mom's friend
Jeanne invited me to visit her place just a few miles off the trail
and my parents came down as well. We had a fantastic dinner (lasagna,
salad, pie, ice cream, etc.) and I am spending the night here (thanks
Jeanne!). My dad is going to join me for the next couple days on the
trail.

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