Day 6 8/16/17

Man, oh man. I got a great nights sleep last night. Caitlin and I had a room in the Hostel to ourselves. It was comfortable and quiet.

We both had packed our packs with our resupplies last night. They have a hanging scale there so we weighed our packs. Olfrie weighed 31.2 pounds with one less bottle of water than I usually take. I like to try to keep her 30 lbs. or under. Just means I need to eat all the heavy stuff first. It sounds funny, but that’s exactly what I do. I don’t eat what sounds good, I eat what weighs the most. Caitlin’s pack was 31.6. We both felt it today in our feet. I stopped to get water at about 10 miles in and soaked my feet while I got water. Of course I collected the water on the side that was upstream of my feet. 😳

Duffie delivered us, along with Grounded, back to the trail at 8:15 am. We made scrambled eggs for breakfast before we left. They were delicious. Grounded is hiking the AT SOBO, so we said our goodbyes to her at the trailhead. Quick story.  When Duffie picked us up we both said to one another that we thought we had met.  Turns out, we met in Maine at the Monson Hostel. It’s a small world.

We immediately had a climb up Bromley Mtn. Bromley is a ski mountain so there was a gondola and warming hut on top. There were a few nice views from there. We continued on and had several other climbs that led to nice views. My favorite of the day was a granite scramble up Baker Peak. The views were amazing.

We covered 14.8 miles today. We’re at Lost Pond Shelter tonight. We’re tenting. There are a couple SOBO thru-hikers here and about 5 NOBO AT thru-hikers. I think the crowds are gonna disappear in another couple of days once we split off from the AT and head toward Canada.

It’s cold tonight. I’m guessing in the 50’s. It feels nice. We had perfect hiking weather today. The only negative about a chilly night for me is having to get out of my cozying quilt in the morning.