Spur was back shortly after, grinning. He'd managed to reach Kimosabe and Mother Hen. Plans had been set. They'd pick us up at Tyringham Road one mile north on...
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Aug 2, 2001 2:39 pm
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As planned, we got a late start. It was luxurious lounging in the tent, watching the mosquitos outside the netting and knowing they couldn't feast on us at...
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Aug 2, 2001 2:42 pm
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Well, we *meant* to get an early start today.... Spur was the fist to ignore his alarm which sounded at 5:00 AM,then I ignored mine which sounded a 1/2 hour...
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Aug 2, 2001 3:01 pm
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We awaken in a soft, comfy bed sometime after 7:30 AM. We each took a shower - that's two showers in fewerthan 10 hours! Breakfast was ice cold cranberry...
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Aug 5, 2001 7:18 pm
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We met Roy, owner of the property where these self picked blueberries are sold, husband to the Cookie Lady. Marilyn had apparently fallen yesterday and was not...
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Aug 5, 2001 8:27 pm
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We awakened sometime just past 7:00 AM, eager for pancakes, but also enjoying the chance to sleep in a bit late on this low mileage day that we were about to...
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Aug 5, 2001 8:33 pm
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What a wonderful day! My favorite section of trail so far has got to be Massachusetts. We walked past some of the most beautiful woods I've ever walked through...
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Aug 7, 2001 12:45 am
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What an incredible day! We didn't get up quite as early as we'd planned, but we did have a great morning and a very reasonable start on the day. Alice got in...
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Aug 7, 2001 12:47 am
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We slept well at the Lodge. Our *private* room was well ventilated and comfy. The wind had kicked up in earnest late last night, making all the doors and...
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Aug 10, 2001 1:09 am
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Up and out by 7 AM! Good start. I'd not slept well during the night. My leg/back had been very painful. But this morning I feel ready to hike, anyway. We...
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Aug 10, 2001 12:36 pm
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We got up fairly early and left camp around 7:30 AM. We stopped at the firetower along the route to chat with Ian, a northbounder from Scotland who is hiking...
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Aug 10, 2001 3:01 pm
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We climbed and climbed and climbed. Today's pace was decidedly slower than yesterday's. We had only about 16 miles to do, and so we felt no urgency other than...
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Aug 10, 2001 3:10 pm
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We don't hit the trail until 9 AM. Because we have only 2.7 miles inqto Manchester Cener, neither of us feels rushed. I sat in the shelter talking with AWOL...
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Aug 16, 2001 5:49 pm
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Spur set up the tent while I fetched water from the lovely piped spring nearby and started supper preparations. We savored our meal then went up the hill to...
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Aug 16, 2001 5:49 pm
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Everyone in the hut seemed to wake up at the same time. AWOL was packed up first, Spur and I next, while Pander lay in his bug bivy just contemplating getting...
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Aug 16, 2001 5:49 pm
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What a perfectly exquisite day! We got up late'ish. (This is a habit we aim to change; we're losing too much good "cool morning" hiking time.) After packing up...
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Aug 19, 2001 4:03 am
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At check-in Shawn handed us a little box, "This is for you." It was a package from Kahley! Like kids at Christmas we opened it as soon as we got to our room. ...
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Aug 19, 2001 4:03 am
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It was late by the time we woke up. A long hiking day had made us plenty tired. My legs were showing signs of the effort. They were tight, but surprisingly,...
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Aug 19, 2001 4:08 am
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TD18 We woke up to the sound of breaking sticks early this morning. During the night a group of scouts had come in, and all along the exterior of the shelter...
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Aug 19, 2001 4:08 am
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During the night, the storm came in with a vengeance. The large church group, who'd been sleeping under the stars next to our site, made a noisy bee line for...
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Aug 19, 2001 4:14 am
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Even more than ferns, I love pine forests. We had some of each today. Fields of ferns as far as the eye could see and pine forest, where the air is filled...
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Aug 19, 2001 4:14 am
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Another incredible-weather day! The terrain was easy and so was the hiking. Wildlife spottings included a doe and her fawn, and a wonderful little bunnie that...
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Aug 19, 2001 4:14 am
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'Awake at 7:30, 'out on the trail by 9:50. We'd spent a liesurely morning over breakfast and spent some time stretching sore muscles. This had been a...
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Aug 19, 2001 4:14 am
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'Was a clear night, only "interruption" was the incessant call of that whippoorwill. I don't believe it had stopped calling for more than a dozen 30-second...
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Aug 19, 2001 4:14 am
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We finaly reached the Inn around 7:30 PM. We saw Polarbear had signd in too. We also saw that JackRabbit and Isis were here, but we learned that they were not...
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Aug 19, 2001 4:18 am
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We hiked on, mesmerized by all the ambitious trailwork in progress. Our resentment at having to do the longer, more difficult miles dictated by the relo turned...
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Aug 19, 2001 4:18 am
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We were up early gain today - 5 AM, and out by 6 AM. We have in mind to hike 22 miles today. Within a short time we reach the Clarendon Shelter where we...
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Aug 19, 2001 4:18 am
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We borrowed Honey and Moon's stove pump only to find that our stove still didn't work! It must not have been the pump that was malfunctioning, but the stove,...
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Aug 19, 2001 4:22 am
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'Up later than expected - again. Everyone else a the shelter had cleared out. We readied ourselves, eating breakast and reading the Peru Peak Shelter logbook....
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Aug 19, 2001 4:22 am
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It was becoming apparent that we would not make it to the shelter until almost 10 PmM, so we set our sights on a campsite just 4 miles shy of our orginal...
