6/17
(start 8:30 Finish 7:20. 17.2 miles. Stony Hollow Shelter)
1.5 miles of that distance was in the wrong direction. Late start for the day, trying to wait out heavy rains. Wet day. Could have been worse. It rained pretty much all day but my feet remained fairly dry until the end of the day. Almost fell twice from slipping on rocks going down a steep descent. A really cool thing happened today. The AT was down a woods road so I was walking down it. A little fawn was running away from van driving down the road which happened to be running right towards me, but it didn't see me until the last minute and the little fawn slammed on it's brakes in fear, skidded on the rocks and ran in the perpendicular direction. It was cute. Also, I finally got to tell someone "I'm going to Maine" I've been wanting to say that for years. When hikers see each other on the trail, that's usually the first question asked- "where you going"
6/16
(6:30 PM start. 2.8 miles from hoyt rd to ten mile river shelter)
Within the first mile, I crossed a beautiful stream and was eye locked with a curious deer that was only 20 feet away. It didn't take long for it to sink in that I was back where I belong... Met 4 thru hikers at the shelter. Coyote, puddle chuck, nochello, llama leg. A couple about my age and two dudes who have met and become friends on the trail. Cool people. Very generous... There was a spider with about a 3 inch diameter in the shelter... There was a field about the size of a football surrounded by dense forest in front of the shelter. There was an amazing sight of fireflies all night. One of the prettiest things I've seen.
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