So I added a bunch of pictures for everyone to look at. They are at the tail end of the other ones. I put up some comments and am all typed out so I will write more for yall later.
July 31, 2009
July 11, 2009
Stories from the Trail
So I am writing from Hutch’s place in Torrington, CT! He drove an hour to pick us up yestarday and brought us back to his place. WHAT A GUY! It is hard to decide what to write because so much has happened.
We have now covered about ten percent of the trail. I think we are ready to start really moving soon. I can’t believe how much more intense it is than I imagined.
We have started to make some real friends on the trail. It has been like moving into a traveling community of gypsies. We will meet someone, hike with them for a couple days, and then we will split up only to find them again later.
We spent a bunch of days with OG, Hellbender, L Train and Braid. There have been many others, but I think these ones have had the biggest impact on us. They are incredibly interesting people.
Braid is around 65 years old and seems to have done everything. He just recovered from lyme disease and still covers around 18-22 miles a day. I talked to him a lot about his life and what he has learned and only scratched the surface. He is not with us now, but I hope we see him again soon. Oh, he wrote a song about the trail and I will try to post the lyrics if I can get them down.
I wanted to say thanks to everyone who has been commenting on my last post. I am sorry that the map doesnt show every day where we are. The SPOT that is supposed to show our location is rather spotty. Yestarday we passed into Connecticut. TWO STATES DOWN!!!!
I will try to get better at posting more frequently.
For now, here are some pictures that we managed to take: http://picasaweb.google.com/vondy0/FirstCoupleHundredMiles
Will post again soon,
Brave Little Toaster