July 26

Some of you may not believe this but I spent all day walking in the woods. The day started about 9am a bit later then we had planned,  but really plans are just talk to keep us entertained. Most of the first 5 miles were up hill to our first break at the Tom lennard shelter,  sunshine and both agree the mileage was a little off it was more like 6 miles. After a long lunch we headed north again, up some hills, down some hills, through swampy areas and pine forest.  While going through a swampy area we saw a bear patrolling the trail going south bound. Sunshine tried to get a picture but he disappeared into the thick under growth crowding the bank of a pond. That is the 7th bear I've seen in 1500+ miles. We continued on as usual,  talking about nonsense and me making strange noises to entertain myself. (sunshine hates it) We breaked at another shelter and contemplated where to finish the day. Six more miles was the goal which would put us at 16 for the day.
After hiking for a while we saw our first porcupine, it was just a baby, and boy was it cute. The rest of the miles seem to take forever as they usually do before you reach camp or a town. Tomorrow is going to be a short 10 mile day to stay at the Upper Goose pond shelter where a cartaker stays and cooks pancakes for breakfast.