Journal Entries

One of the last jobs before leaving camp, filter water and wash my bowl/cup.

The privy at Tucker Johnson campsite is the nicest privy on the whole LT, maybe even AT. Not sure what the wheelchair ramp is for since you can’t hike the trail in a wheelchair.

Back to the trail after resupplying. In the short trek to camp-Willard Gap area- we saw several of these bear warnings. @hammerhead is skilled at hanging our food up in a tree- yet these signs can be a bit disconcerting!

Leaving the AT and staying north on the Long Trail.

Meta-post.

Where the Long Trail and the AT part ways. As of this point forwards, everything will be new to me.

Taking The Bus (literally it’s called The Bus) back to the trailhead out of Rutland. There’s a great bus service hat runs between Rutland and Killington so getting to and from the trail is easy if you have 2 bucks. At our other resupply we hitched no problem and could probably do so on Route 4 also but a bus is convenient.

My friend Amanda who graciously hosted us in her Rutland home for our 2nd resupply. Amanda’s family also hosted us on our AT thru-hike and helped our family, and me in particular, during a very critical time.

Hospitality, giving and receiving, is part of the journey (of life and traveling) and our time on Rutland relaxing at Amanda’s home reminds me of that.

Such a treat for @hammerhead @reneetougas @toesalad and I - with appreciation for being cleaned up, sitting on chairs and not on a sit-pad on a log or a rock. Two opposite dining scenarios - yet both of them can call our name. Cool :)

When we get off trail we go to the bookstore and read books about.... the trail.