After last night's epic meal, I woke up this morning to dry conditions. To steel myself for the coming rains (and we knew they were coming), I decide on a hot breakfast of hot chocolate and oatmeal. While sipping my hot chocolate, Trout nudged me and said "look straight ahead".
A deer was slowly wandering through our site, maybe 10 yards or so from where we sat. We both watched as it placidly made its way through, munching here and there, completely unconcerned about our presence.
The rest of the day was cold, wet climbing. Cloud Pond was very busy so we squeezed 7 into a 6-person shelter, and still there were about the same or more tenting and hammocking. Cloud Pond is a popular location for NOBOs, since it is only 20 miles from the southern entrance to the 100 mile wilderness. (North bounders don't consider 20 miles long.)
Left knee, and now right hip, very, very sore. I'm falling apart, like a Ford hitting it's warranty date. Monson cannot come soon enough.
Start: West Pleasant Branch
End: Cloud Pond
Distance: 15.4 miles
No comments:
Post a Comment