The AT in Vermont has been green, green beautiful, a joy to hike and experience. And it is going fast. With the trail being more mellow than New Hampshire, and me feeling stronger by not having to negotiate big boulders and scary, steep ascents, my focus is shifting to increasing the miles I hike daily. In fact, for me to reach the southern terminus of the AT by early December I will have to hike between 16 and 20 miles daily. You can see my daily miles here. During the past five days the heightened emphasis on hiking farther I discovered I need to also focus on the forest, the views, taking photographs and observing Vermont in general. Thus, I took a nice photo of a chipmunk! The second deer I saw since arriving in Vermont sped away before I could reach for my camera. Curiously, I met a northbound AT Hiker who looks remarkably like Reese Witherspoon, the lead actress in the movie Wild. Naturally, I introduced myself as Greg in Wild! Actually, she was not very impressed. Back in 1995 I enjoyed meeting Cheryl Strayed much more than the Reese lookalike!
See my current, real-time location and daily trail log.
I took a restful and earned zero day in the lovely town of Manchester Center. Some shop windows have “Hiker Friendly signs, and the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream shop is a hiker favorite, including this hiker.
That’s all I got. Stay tuned as I enter the next state, Massachusetts, soon!
Vermont is beautiful! Love that cairn garden.
Remnants of Fred rained on you the 17th, be on the look out for Tropical storm Henri projected to come right at you Monday morning.
Just FYI, you are looking very good!