After our last breakfast with Tom and saying bye to new hiker friends, we climbed in the car for the 30 min. drive to North Adams where we thanked Tom said goodbye and started north again.
Right off the bat we had a 1000+ ft. climb, and we killed it...except for the stop at the creek running beside the trail where sunshine and I both washed our hair and faces. (Toms shower is leaking or we would have showered there)
We made it to the state line of Vermont as well as the start of the 105 mile section of The Long Trail that the AT shares. Apparently The Long Trail attracts a lot of hikers either for the weekend a few nights or a thru hike that is 273 miles to Canada.
Either way the trail is packed and Its seems to me that most of the LT hikers are not very experienced and kindly annoying, or maybe we feel they are intruding on our "home" so there is a small amount of prejudice in us. No matter we will still be respectful of the trail and the people on it.
The day was pretty good though, after the first 1000ft. climb the terrain leveled out which caused mud pits to form. Vermont is known for being muddy and it didn't take long to see why. We then climbed another 1000ft and took a break on top. Most of the day was spent above 2000ft. which is nice, less bugs and cooler temps. make the days enjoyable. Sunshine and I reached Congdon shelter and realized it was taken over by LT hikers. Lucky a NOBO hiker from Ireland and a SOBO named spits were there already, we talked to them and cooked food then decided to move on and find a stealth site to camp. 2.4 miles north we found a little spot by the last creek before Bennington VT where we will hitch into in the morning for resupply. At this moment I'm laying in my tent listening to some creature make strange dying like noises. Its kind of annoying and unnerving at the same time.
(Sunshine is a real OG)
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