559.2 down, 1626.7
Woo! Our biggest day yet, 21.1 miles. Jeff at the hostel was awesome, the kitchen was equipped with all the fixens for a make your own breakfast. We left full and happy!
We left Green Mountain House early and were on the trail by 7:15. It was a great flat day with no big climbs until Stratton Mountain. Stratton was the summit where Benton MacKaye conceived the idea of the AT. It looked like it would rain, but it never did! A dry hiker is a happy hiker.
When we got to Story Spring shelter, exhausted, we realized there were a ton of section and Long Trail hikers and that the shelter was full. We pitched our tent, hoping for a rain free night.
I picked up a John Muir book at the hostel to read. He is so inspiring! The man lived in nature. And, go figure, NotYet picked up another Dan Brown novel to read. Back to the back burner I go. Haha.
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