Journal Entries

Industrious beavers.

On a less cloudy/foggy day I would have considered climbing this to get a photo. Unfortunately you will just have to settle for a photo of the tower instead :-)

The morning of our third day was chilly. In anticipation of rain starting early afternoon, we decided to head out early in an effort to make it to another shelter 10 miles away.

Late afternoon on the second day of our hike at Goddard shelter. There was room and the shelter was clean so we decided to sleep in the shelter instead of setting up tents. Unfortunately for me, the field repairs of my sleeping mat did not find all the leaks and I had to blow it up on an hourly basis.

Cutline breaktime.

Most of the trail so far has been a (very pretty) green tunnel. Occasionally the trail emerges into a cutline where views can be glimpsed amongst the power lines.

Hiking through Split Rock.

Cogdon shelter.

Every morning starts with the coffee ritual.

Coming into this camp yesterday brought back a flurry of memories. I distinctly remember arriving at this camp on our thru-hike in 2014, late in the evening after dark. The place was packed and it was cold. This time the conditions were different: we arrived during the daylight and there was lots of tent spots available. Oh, and I didn’t have three tired, hungry kids in tow.

One of our many rest stops... @hammerhead works on building his trail legs.