Kinsman notch to Franconia notch.

The hike was best of the trail and worst. Tough climb up kinsman was tougher than moosilauke . When we got to the top thunder and lightening was flashing all around . Hail coming down . Hard, treacherous descent . Lonesome lake nice but unwelcome. Good day. Stayed at Chet's 

Ore hill to kinsman notch

Great hike with bear bag and isn't black. Mooosealauke was a battle but did it. The finish was hard. Very steep descent. Got a room in Woodstock with the guys. 

Mink rd to ore hill

Long but good hike . Good climb up over smarts and cube . All alone all day. Felt cold at night . Wet feet all day. 

Hanover to mink rd

Soaked. Hardest rain of trail. Pocket chance thing made me feel weird.  Needed to separate.  Worst day on trail. 

Hanover zero

West hartford to hanover

New shoes awesome hike

Wintuiri to west Hartford

Hike among bee balm. Struggling. Chasing chance . Hear that? Bombs night before. Ugly dog night before . People in west hartford awesome. 

Killington to wintuiri

Couldn't get our ass out of days inn. Finally got on trail at 1. Hike sucked. Saw bearbag and isn't black . Get to lookout cabin. Too many new faces. Chance hiked on. So did I. 

Churchill Scott to killington

Hiked 6 miles. Hung out in killington . Rent car. Bought stuff. Watched movie. Ate lots. 

Minerva shelter to Churchill Scott

20 mike tough day went well. Over two steep climbs before the long ascent over killington.,not a problem. Had breakfast in Clarendon at whistle stop. Great a thru hiker picked up tab..we all congregated on killington. Good day. Feeling sad it's almost over

Lost pond shelter to Minerva shelter

Hiked up and down all day then got to a pond at big branch, went in canoe for a spell and all with the crew. Hw pocket chance and I went into sal pizza in Wallingford for the afternoon. Awesome place. We waited till 6 to hike final 4 miles to camp. It went fast at their pace! Late set up but good night. 

Manchester to lost pond shelter

Hiked solo all day. Got to camp early and the crew added squirrel and zima. Slept great finally! Climb over Bromley and styles were not bad and the rock climb over baker was fun

Wliam b Douglas to Manchester

Short hike into town. Got into econolodge. Disaster. Moved to red sled. Awesome. Ate at bagel works. And cilantro . Shopping Cart through town. Movie night. Met up with Mother Earth chance and bags

Kid Gore to William B Diuglass

We meant to go to Stratton pond to camp but we got to top of Stratton at noon with swashbuckler and the hw, pocket and shakes. Shaggy dance in fire tower . Got to pond at 1. Too early. Shakes was waiting at shelter. We played heads up. 

Bennington to kid gore

Left town late, we loved Bennington . We then hiked over ten miles up Glastonbury mountain . Had a long lunch at the shelter before moving on to the fire tower . The 4 of us together most of the day. Got to shelter . Feel it getting colder. 

Seth Warner to Bennington

Short day woke up and hw and pocket both seemed to be in the mood for town. Ok . The trail was ankle deep the whole day. It was misery. I never saw the others until the road . Guy Steve gave us a ride to catamount inn. Great time . We lived it up. Good fiod at The Nosh, friendlies for dessert. Movies and jokes in the room. Shakes joined us. 

Chesire to Seth Warner

Hiked quickly up greylock and was there by 10:20 am at the top. Loved to see pocket and Hollywood there. Hiked with hw rest of day to north Adams . Went into town got Chinese buffet and some groceries . Hiked up into Vermont over the cobbles. Was like being stabbed to death. Rained most of the day. Puddles and slickness the day through. Poured all night in camp.,

October mt to chesire

Hiked two miles in am before running into shakes again. I was wet from night before . It didn't rain in the day till we got to chesire. Got ice cream in town then settled into st Mary's for night. Great time with shakes moose spotter and toad spotter. Rained all night.

Salisbury to October mtn

Lost phone in rainstorm unable to keep up journal. Hurt knee . Got a Cort shot. 

Hiked with tinker into the night. 

west Cornwall road to lebonnes parking lot

we left at 930. easy hike to ridge. got to falls village at 1. had lunch with pocket. very nice. hiked into Salisbury . knee is bad. pocket and I set up tents in the dirt auxiliary parking of the grocery store. nice chat. big food intake. 

kent to west Cornwall road.

chance and I hung around kent till 10 charging phones and eating . we drank about ten sodas between us in kent. we hiked to Morgan Stewart shelter, after coming down St. John's ledges. pocket ran into us at lunch. we moved on to a really tough section on Cornwall that challenged us all. we got to a river crossing. pocket couldn't make, I tried to go around her as she took her shoes off and I fell in the stream. I said screww and just sat in the creek water going by and filled my water bottles . pocket tried to throw her shoes over the creek to chance on the other side, missed both times. chance just laughed at us. we all struggled to get to the road as a storm approached we got a room at the hitching post motel. it wasn't great. free beer at liquor store. sat in room and laughed all night. very inspiring talk . 

Pawling to kent

nice and cool. more up and down as u enter ct. raging water at ten mile river. hike into kent . see kickapoo and pogono. laugh. camped in town ate. 

rph to pawling

got out to trail. so nobody on trail . easy hike. stayed at duchess . big w. BBQ 

zero 2 Brooklyn

zero Brooklyn

dennytown to rph shelter

hot humid storm brewing July 2 met up with snailman and dragon lady at shelter hitched in . Times Square madam Tussaud cheap room

William Brien campsite to Dennytown rd

hiked with j5 all day came up over West and Bear mountains by noon and had lunch at bear Mtn inn cafe. jpeg joined us to the monastery . j5 gave me a lesson in Middle East politics and history. fascinating. hiked on alone to dennytown rd. others watched us Belgium soccer game. sweating from eyelids all day .