Saturday August 14th and I left Dalton, Mass. I did 12 miles today to the October Mtn lean to. Not much excitement today, but I did get to pick and eat some wil blueberrys onWashington Mtn Rd.
Sunday, August 15th, I took it easy today and did 10 miles to Upper Goose Pond Cabin. It has a bunk house and the caretaker made pancakes for us. These spots where I can get a nornal meal are always great, I really appreciate them. It was nice sleeping in a bunk house to.
Monday I did 16 miles to Mt Wilcox South Lean 2.
Tuesday August 17th was an interesting day. I met probably the most interesting person on the trail. We were sitting in a McDonalds in Great Berrington, Mass. and a retired NYC policeman came up to us and asked if we were hikers on the ATC. He said he had a cabin a few miles up the road and offered to cook us dinner and take a shower. We had chicken, salad and mash potatoes for dinner. He had some crazy stories about being a cop in NYC, plus he had a moving business and somehow he knew John Lennon and Yoko Ono. I guess Mark Davis Chapman had even come up to him the day he shot Lennon to ask if John Lennon lived in the building (Dakota). I guess he knew John and Yoko pretty well, maybe from doing off hour security for them or from his moving business. He gave us his card and said if we ever get into any trouble to call him, he knows people at the FBI.
On Wednesday morning he took us back to the trail at Great Berrington, Mass and we hiked along the Housatonic River and past Shey's Rebellion Monument. We had a tough time finding good drinking water in this stretch. We did about 18 miles to to Brassie Brook Lean to. We passed over Mt Everett, Race Mtn and Bear Mtn. Bear Mtn probably had the best view, with small hemlocks and elm forests surronding us.
On Thursday we did 19 miles to Sharon Mtn campsite. The terrain is gratual climbs, flat with switchbacks. The people we met in Conneticut are friendly. I met 2 more people on the trail in Salsbury, CT... Flora and Fauna, two women from Georgia.
Friday I did 20 miles from Sharon Mtn campsite to MT Algo Lean to and hiked along the Housatonic River. We passed a hydroelectric plant at Falls Village. The day was hot. We also went up St John Ledges, about 1000 foot climb from Hoover Rd.
Saturday August 21, we hiked from Mt Algo Lean to up Schaghticoke Mt, across the NY border, past Ten Mile River to the top of Ten Mile Hill. It was a step climb of 700 feet in 1 mile to the top of Ten Mile Hill and I stayed at Wiley Shelter.
Sunday 8/22, we hiked a 5 miles to the Appalachian Trail Railroad Station which is about 2 miles from Pawling, NY. I probably do another 3 miles and stay at the Telephone Pioneers Shelter tonight. It's been 2 months today since I started and I will have covered 743 miles of the 2175 mile hike.
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