Zero & 400 down, 1785 to go
Guess who was at Chet's while we were waiting for our filter to come in the mail? Unitic! He came from the other entrance of Lincoln, so a day behind us on the trail. It was great to see him and catch up! We got pizza together. When our filter finally came, it was already past two. We had Moosilauke to go over right from the start, which was quite the climb, or so we'd heard, from NoBos who slackpacked it the SoBo way, tsk tsk...so, we hung out and got some rest.
The next day we got a decent start up Moosilauke, after saying a sad goodbye to Unitic. It wasn't bad at all, the NoBos just hadn't hit Southern Maine yet...definitely a climb, as well as our last 4,000 footer for a while. Atop the summit it was cloudy and windy, we bunkered down behind some rocks and had a snack. We did get an awesome view in a window of clouds. As soon as we started the descent, the clouds burnt off. It seemed that at the bottom of Moosilauke, we were in different terrain right away. We passed through a beautiful field, which we hadn't yet seen. A new chapter in our AT book, the hardest part is over! Woohoo! We heard a NoBo say, "I've got 80% of the trail done with 80% of the work left to do."
Great news for us, eh?!
We went a few miles past Moosilauke and decided to call it a day, stopping early, but enjoying the scenery at Wachipauka, a beautiful pond. Probably one of our favorite camp sites so far, aside from Antler's. We enjoyed a luxurious hiker meal: tacos. Here's how we did it: chicken breast, refried beans, cheese and avocado in a tortilla shell.
NOM!
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