Date: 2018-06-21
From: stealth camping

To: Shaker campsite
Miles today: 14.1

What a day guys lol. Part of me wants to sensor this entry, especially now knowing how much family is reading this. But honestly, today was iconic and this is my journal, so fuck it lol. The morning started with all the guys making make-shift loin clothes out of bandannas and rope! I felt really conflicted being a girl and all, yet Summer Solstice is a thru-hiker holiday and i'd be damned if i wasn't gonna participate. Don't worry, i wasn't but ass naked running through the woods with a bunch of dudes. According to Massachusetts state law, i was still covered enough to be out in public legally (the guys were definitely not though!). We'll just say i didn't leave much to the imagination haha!Once the essentials were covered, we hit the trail! We didn't plan to hike the whole day naked, just like the first 5 or 6 miles. Luckily it was Thursday, so there weren't a lot of random day hikers out there. Those 6 miles flew by though! There's definitely an adrenaline rush involved in naked hiking lol!I didn't wanna be seen out of context though, so i let Zoltan, Caveman, and Baby Face hike on in front of me. Meanwhile, Rodo and Skywalker were somewhere behind me. We all kinda hike at different paces, so we got really spread out. I knew 3 different road crossings were coming up, so i was gonna have to be strategic about my timing running out onto the road. The first two roads were gravel roads with hardly any cross traffic, so that was easy. The third road was busy though and on the opposite side was a small trail parking area. So lots of opportunity to run into people lol. At this point, I assume half the gang is still ahead of me, paving the way, so i wasn't gonna pussy out and stop here. When the coast was clear, i darted across the road and tried to peel across the parking area and back into the woods. But what do i run into? A man doing a trail magic picnic right in the parking lot with lots of hikers gathered around. Stunned, i instantly look around for my naked friends, but they are not here! I'm the only revealing person here! FUCK. lol! Not knowing what to say, i just throw my arms up in the air and shout "Happy Summer Solstice!", to which the man replies "Do you want some food...?" LOL SO AWKWARD. But i did want free food, so i pulled my t-shirt out of my pack and sat down haha! We all became very well acquainted!I asked if they had seen a group of naked dudes run through here yet and they said no. Turns out, the gang dipped off onto a side trail to go get high at a shelter, did NOT tell me, and left me to just go running through the woods half naked by myself!! TRAGIC. I was so pissed. Luckily, everyone at the picnic was a decent person and didn't take too much offense to the current state of affairs haha!After the super awkward trail magic, i hiked on fully clothed with the gang still behind me somewhere. I came across a lake and decided to go swimming! Since i was alone and it is Summer Solstice, skinny dipping felt more than appropriate! lol After swimming, i hung out some more and had lunch. Eventually the gang caught up and had the same idea i did. They all jumped in the lake naked lol. I saw way too many pasty, white asses today. Enough for a lifetime. Haha!