August 30
We were belting out songs, when someone walked in. A SoBo we hadn't seen before, Chicory. She started on Katahdin a day before us, but stopped at Killington and headed up to Canada to do the Long Trail, which merges with the Appalachian Trail near Killington. So she will continue on the AT and LT and have finished both at the end of her hike. The Long Trail runs from Canada to Massachusetts. Her friend Kyle was with her for the weekend, so we hiked with them to the next shelter and enjoyed running conversations.
We had a great pace with them. At one point, they stopped to let us go in front, we insisted they go in front. They told us our pace was a lot quicker than theirs. We told them we were going faster than usual to keep up with them. So we agreed to all slow down a bit. Ha! We passed the 500-mile mark at some point during our hike today, but missed it because of a trail detour, due to damages from Hurricane Irene. We made it to Minerva Shelter by 6:00.
Enjoying lunch at a cute shelter
508.4 down, 1677.5 to go
We started up Killington with decent trail. We stopped for lunch at the Governer Clemont Shelter, which had a fireplace. Cool! We were bummed we wouldn't be able to stay at that shelter tonight. But we've heard there are a lot more shelters along the trail with fireplaces in them.
We started up Killington with decent trail. We stopped for lunch at the Governer Clemont Shelter, which had a fireplace. Cool! We were bummed we wouldn't be able to stay at that shelter tonight. But we've heard there are a lot more shelters along the trail with fireplaces in them.
We were belting out songs, when someone walked in. A SoBo we hadn't seen before, Chicory. She started on Katahdin a day before us, but stopped at Killington and headed up to Canada to do the Long Trail, which merges with the Appalachian Trail near Killington. So she will continue on the AT and LT and have finished both at the end of her hike. The Long Trail runs from Canada to Massachusetts. Her friend Kyle was with her for the weekend, so we hiked with them to the next shelter and enjoyed running conversations.
We had a great pace with them. At one point, they stopped to let us go in front, we insisted they go in front. They told us our pace was a lot quicker than theirs. We told them we were going faster than usual to keep up with them. So we agreed to all slow down a bit. Ha! We passed the 500-mile mark at some point during our hike today, but missed it because of a trail detour, due to damages from Hurricane Irene. We made it to Minerva Shelter by 6:00.
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