Day 11: 8/21/17
Happy solar eclipse day.
Wow. Today was another tough day without any real views. We climbed 3 ski mountains, count them, 3, I said ski mountains today along with a few other mountains. There are no switchbacks. They are straight up and straight down. We’re both very frustrated with the fact that this trail isn’t offering any beautiful scenery. Maybe we’re both just tired. After all, we’ve hiked at least 9 hours a day, today 10-1/2hours with the exception of the first day and the day we went into Manchester Center, in which case we hiked 5 hours those days. We haven’t had any zero days and don’t plan to take any.
One good thing about today is that we hit the halfway point. We’re at about mile 139.
Tonight we’re in the skylight lodge which is a log enclosed shelter. There’s one other person here, Jack. He’s from Vermont and section hiking the LT. We only saw one other person hiking today. Again, it was a SOBO.
When we arrived here tonight we had to get our water from a frog pond. Yuk!! I filtered it first and then boiled it.
Turning in hoping for a good nights sleep and a good day tomorrow.
Speck In The Woods 
Love your pictures! So cool that you met someone from your AT hike! Not as envious of you as I was when you left. WHY? Because of Frog Pond Water!!!! I would have thrown up! So glad you are safe and didn’t get hurt on your fall. Stay warm… and dry. Can’t wait to hear the details upon your return.
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