Date: 2007-09-06
From: Happy Hill Shelter

To: Broely Mountain
Miles today: 13.5

mi. 13.5sleep warming hut/shelterdest. Bromely Mountain day 56 Well last night was cold, but not too bad sleeping in the shelter. Comfort wise, I should have went with the hammock. I think in Salisberry, Conn in 10 or 11 more days I am going to switch back to my original hammock and winter setup. I think most of te bugs are over anyways. The hammock sock I use to trap warm air in will also keep bugs out. Today was kind of a fun hiking day. My legs and my body really want to do more miles. Funny how when I first started this would have been a big day, now I am considering it an easy day. Knowing this I really took my time. I packed up and got moving around 8am. I stopped and took a break at the Lost Pond shelter site a few miles away. The shelter actually is no longer there. It burnt down in 2001, was rebuilt, and burnt down again in 2004. So all that is there is the reminits and a privy, which I made a deposit it. It looks like a good hammock/tent site though. Plenty of firewood, still some burnt pieces of the shelter laying around. One thing I am noticing is how a lot of the shelters in VT have a lot of firewood close. I did turn up a good chance to go swimming. It was even sunny and warm out when i went by. I wanted to, but was looking for a better spot. But I just waited too long. Oh well. I was hoping to find a spot to swim at the shelter just after the pond. It looked on the map like it was going to be a wide water source. The water was flowing good, but no swimming holes. This was only around 11am. Now my goal was still 5 miles or so away. The problem was there is no water up there and I'll have to pack it all in. I can also only carry 3 liters of water. So I decided to make a big meal here, then just snack later. I also drank 2 liters of water while I was there to rehydrate myself. While I was there I met my only northbounder for the day. He is trying to pull big days and give himself some leeway at the end. I am still wondering when I will pass my last one. He knows of 4 that are somewhere behind him. I am passing a far number of long trail hikers. So at least until Mass, I'll have some company. I should be seeing Catz in town tomorow. Mancestor center is a small town. I have a feeling I'll be around him for awhile. There is also 2 southbounders I haven't met yet about a day in front of me. From what I can tell they went into town today. They were about 2 or 3 days in front of me out of Hanover. So if they didn't stay in town I'll catch them soon anyways. Still no sign or the 3 or 4 I know about just behind me. I have been thinking about it, but I think I am finally going to pack out some good campfire food out of town tomorrow. I am thinking some brats and chz. Maybe some bread. If I do all of that I will stay at a shelter and end up sharing it. O maybe with Catz i we meet u before that. I am staying at the warming hut tonight with a LT hiker. He is actually on the board for the Green Mountain Club for one of the sections. He helped put together the long trail festival that went on last month sometime. Well headlamp dying, so that is my que to end it. I need to make sure to replace them out tomorrow.