The Long Trail 07/07/09 to 07/26/09

[MichaelJ]

Awesome! Congratulations, a great job done by you and your cohorts

 

[giggy]

just checked out the pix - looks like it ooooooozeeed fun....

fckin jealous....

 

[David Metsky]

Ah, the sun shines where ever there are happy hikers. Of course, that's internal sun, sometimes the weather is just crap.

Way to go MEB, you're an inspiration to us all.

 

[Adventurous]

Awesome trip MEB...congratulations on your finish. It really sounds like you had a fun journey with a great group of people!!!

 

[leaf]

nice MEB!

 

[drewski]

hey meb..you forgot to tell them about the special nights at the sauna...

 

[Early Bird]

Boy, that's just fabulous. This is the first summer in 8 years I haven't been out on the LT, so it was great to read and see the pics on it through your report. I love the Long Trail. Great to see you enjoyed it so much and with so many. Congrats and thanks for posting!

 

[J&J]

Great job MEB! So people are curious. . . trail names please?

 

[una_dogger]

Way to go, MEB!

You made killer time and I am sure you were only hiking so fast because you were smiling so hard.

Savor the memories and the fresh-off-the-trail feeling!

 

[Fat Tuesday]

hooray mary ellen!!! I knew you'd finish before this weekend, easy. congrats!!

 

[Trainwreck]

Excellent job!
Where is the picture of the naked hiker???

 

[Blue]

Way to go MEB! Great photos and report.

I've done the northern half to Middlebury Gap - this is inspiration to get back on.

 

[MadRiver]

I also saw my first naked hiker!!!

Did you give him a red square?

 

[stu]

MEB,

Tremendous!!! You guys are my hero...add me to the "jealous" list.

Cheers, Stu

 

[Head]

Right on MEB! Sounds like ya'll had a blast out there!

 

[timmus]

That's pretty cool ! You guys did great

 

[Peakbagr]

Very nice TR and photos, good travelog for the trip.

 

[pedxing]

Very nice report and pics!

I also almost never use rain gear for summer backpacking and gave up carrying rain pants 10 years ago. It's so much nicer to get wet from rain than sweat. When I do use rain gear it tends to be for things like covering my backpack or food bag when setting up camp for the night.

 

[arm]

navigating by gazeteer

way to go MEB ! wicked fun day on the Long Trail with you and the gang

tough to leave Camels Hump summit on a perfect summer day ... momma nookie's cookies and frosty ales hit the spot !

spotted many animals that weekend ... a mama deer and her two fawn on the trail, a mama moose and her two calves swimming in a pond, bull moose on the trail, black bear chowing breakfast on a grassy knoll ... very cool

posted a few pics in the Vermont album here
http://community.webshots.com/user/armhike

posted a few movies of the moose and bear i saw that weekend
http://www.youtube.com/user/armmon


last time i hiked in Vermont, i hiked an AT section from Norwich to Hartford ... didn't have a map, so i snapped a picture of that area from my Vermont gazeteer
http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2376187670067739382OYwzAS

when i reached Hartford, i thought i could save time by walking south on Route 14, up Jericho St, if the path at the end connected to the AT, and wasn't private property ...

i asked a local if these roads connected, and if i could catch the AT ... she wasn't sure, but said Jericho Road was one of the most scenic roads in the area ... i went for it

Jericho Road forked off Jericho Street ... as usual, navigating using the gazeteer left a little to be desired, as roads were confusing

i asked another local on Jericho Road, showing her my rough gazeteer map on my digital camera screen ...

she figured i could catch the AT off Joshua Road, which was not marked on the map ... but said she liked my "GPS" ... i told her it was a digital camera, and she was impressed at the new (GPS) technology ... until i told her that it was just a picture i had taken of my gazeteer