Day: |
074 |
Date: |
Tuesday, 15 July 1986 |
Start: |
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Finish: |
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Daily
AT Miles: |
23.9 |
Daily Other Miles |
0 |
Total
AT Miles: |
1443.9 |
Total All Miles |
1488.7 |
Weather: |
Very warm, sunny. |
Accommodation: |
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Nutrition: |
Breakfast: Muesli, health drink. Lunch:
Biscuits and peanut butter, Mars Bar. Dinner: Cottage pie,
vegetables, ice-cream and fruit. |
Aches: |
Toes sore. |
Animals Seen: |
Deer, snake, chipmunks. |
People Seen: |
AT trail crew, 2 AT Hikers (southbound, by
sections), 9 overnight hikers, 2 day hikers, many others. |
Pictures: |
Here |
GPS Track: |
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Journal: |
Got up at 5:30am and left at 7am with the
Shelter’s other resident still in bed – he told me the night before
he was an early riser. I’d disturbed him at both ends of the
night! It was a beautiful morning and after a mile I passed into
Connecticut. The Trail passed through some farmland and climbed a
short sharp mountain which tired me. It then descended and crossed
a bridge over 10 Mile River, a beautiful spot, and followed the
Housatonic River through beautiful conifer forest. The Trail
reached a road and I met a Connecticut Appalachian Mountain Club
(AMC) trail crew who were about to resume work on a relocation. We
chatted for a while. There was then a 2½ mile road-walk before a
couple of tough hills with views from the tops over the lovely
Housatonic Valley. The hills were wearing me out and I was a bit
worried that I’m losing condition. It also meant that I was losing
time on the way to meet Jayne at Cornwall Bridge. Just before
lunch, I met a couple of south-bounder AT Hikers in company with an
AMC ridge-runner – a hiker paid by the AMC to monitor the Trail. I
had lunch on a rock ledge giving a magnificent view before making a
steep descent to the river. The Trail then more or less followed
the river on a level path upstream to Cornwall Bridge. I arrived
there at 6:10pm and was met by Jayne and her mother-in-law. We then
drove back to their house at Granby, about an hour’s drive. We
stopped at a supermarket and I shopped for the next few days. On
arrival I met Jayne’s father-in-law. Both in mid-70s. We had a
good dinner of cottage pie. I rang my cousin Peter in Boston and he
said he still hoped to hike with me for a few days. I said I would
ring back tomorrow night with some suggestions. I couldn’t get in
touch with John Cederholm, a Boston friend who also had expressed
interest in joining me for a few days on the Trail. After dinner, I
watched TV and chatted with Jayne and her in-laws. Went to bed at
11:30pm, but had trouble sleeping after a bit of trip planning. |
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