Journal Entries

David Logan shelter - @hammerhead packing up and waiting/hoping for a rain shower to quit before we head out - day 14. An entry in the shelter’s logbook warned of an abundance of mice - all the food bags were tied up in the trees so those of us in the shelter escaped- one of the tarp tent dwellers (without an attached floor) didn’t bode as well- yoy!! Poor guy.

David Logan shelter- @reneetougas and her Dad (@hammerhead) built a wonderful fire using dried kindling stacked in the shelter and scrounged for bigger stuff to keep it going till bedtime! What a welcome surprise for the rest of the hikers (like ‘Dragonfly’ and ‘Birch’ ) who ended up in camp - a total of 10 hikers and one dog. (Some tented.)

We splurged on our resupply with 2 small cartons of red wine :) Presentation can be over-rated but @hammerhead preferred drinking from our cooking pot lid over straight up from the carton! Must say, the extra pack weight was worth the addition to our supper.

One of the larger erratics ‘left/dropped’ alongside the trail.

@reneetougas picking raspberries- a surprise treat so late in the season! In the same area @toesalad saw the back end of a black ‘animal’ run into the bush - mmm, I wonder what THAT was?!

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!

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 :)

What better place than a bookstore to ‘chill out’ for a while? @hammerhead bought and dug into a book about the The Long Trail’s trees and plants and geology - all things that had piqued his interest on the hike. I think @reneetougas did her best to inhale and absorb the wonderful environment of books and words and ideas she so loves!

Day 11 - a 6-plus mile hike - with warm clear skies and anticipating another re-supply at Rutland, situated on highway 4. A friend of @reneetougas shuttled and hosted us- thank you to ‘A’ for hospitality that began with a fresh salad waiting for us - followed by access to her laundry room, etc. xo So inspiring for me - how can/do I apply this gift to ‘trekkers ‘ in my world?

Watching a spectacular sunset from the Lodge’s window openings was absolutely a redeeming factor for what it lacked in other areas!