Date: 2014-06-27
From: cornwall bridge

To: limestone spring shelter
Miles today: 18.2
Weather: scattered clouds

We headed out of cornwall bridge and back to the trail. It was 0.9 miles with an uphill roadwalk. It was warm and i was already starting to get sweaty even before i got to the trail. It was better once i was in yhe woods, a little cooler. The terrain early was undulating with short climbs and decents. I walked behind bubba and looper by myself and enjoyed the quiet morning listening to the birds. About five miles in the trail sqeezes up between two pieces of a huge boulder that has broken in two with a gap about 18" wide. Someone built stone steps in the crevice for to help us hikers get to the top. Its the neat things like this that make the AT a cool place. For hiking a long way they reward you with seeing all the natural wonders, eventually. Not long after, around noon, i met a couple of trail maintainers working. I sat and talked with them for a while. They gave me some advice and pointed out which mountains i would be travelling over in the days ahead. I thanked them for their work and went about my walk. I then passed a girl doing a section from vermont to nyc and she told me of a nice soring to get water at near the next campsite. I was glad to hear that, water has been not the best and springs are always the nicest place to grab some water. They are always clean and cool. I found the spring, drank some water and talked to a frog sitting next to me. I figures it was a good place to eat lunch so i did that as well. When i was finished i made it about a tenth of a mile down the trail where i found bubba and looper taking a break. We stayed a few more minutes then carried on. Only a few minutes later bubba spotted a fat rattlesnake next to the trail. It wasnt the longest but he had definitely eaten something, i could tell with my keen eye there was something in his tummy. From there it was down hill to falls villiage, ct. It was only a quarter mile from the trail to town so we decided to swing over and check it out. Falls villiage is a real quiet town with not much going on but cute. The only place open to buy a soda was the liquor store so thats where we got drinks. The inn didnt open till 5 and the cafe closed at two so we were out of luck. We sat on a park bench with shoes off for a while when we met a couple out riding in their convertable. They stopped and asked about the trail and where we were from. They were a really nice couple and we talked for probably an hour or more. We decided to stop at the inn to have a drink and dinner as they were now open for business. The food was good and we had fun talking about politics and solving all the problems the world is facing. Then it was time for the last three miles of our day. It was all uphill but it had to be done. We rolled out of town, passed the big hydro electric dam and up the hill to our tent site. There was a nice little stream for water and plenty of flat ground for our tents. I had a small after dinner dinner and crawled into the safety of my tent. Yup the mosquitos are still hungry. Seeing small towns like falls villiage make the trail more of an adventure and i love talking to strangers, nice strangers. I know that doesnt sound like me but ive met so many nice folks that i have begun to like talking to people i dont know. What will the trail do to me next?