Heading to New Hampshire tomorrow. Looking back to 2019, I arrived in Pinkham Notch from the Madison Springs Hut on 9/4 and found out that my father-in-law was in the hospital. As a result, Smoking Sox and I abandoned our plan to hike into the Carter Notch Hut on 9/5 and to finish the section at Route 2 on 9/6.
By coincidence, we will be headed back to Pinkham Notch on 9/5 and plan on finishing the section hike at Route 2 on 9/6.
And if the first two days go well, I will head back to Franconia Notch to work on my orphan section next week. A one day hike would get me up the Liberty Springs Trail then over to Lafayette for the descent past the Greenleaf Hut on the Old Bridle Path. A two day hike would have me spending the night at the Greenleaf Hut and finishing the next afternoon at the Gale River Trail. Man... it would be nice to take advantage of being in the neighborhood to finish those miles!
The temperatures will be a shock - the daily Cincinnati low temps have been the daily New Hampshire high temps. I can't remember the last time I saw 50's on the thermometer or slept with the window open.
By coincidence, we will be headed back to Pinkham Notch on 9/5 and plan on finishing the section hike at Route 2 on 9/6.
And if the first two days go well, I will head back to Franconia Notch to work on my orphan section next week. A one day hike would get me up the Liberty Springs Trail then over to Lafayette for the descent past the Greenleaf Hut on the Old Bridle Path. A two day hike would have me spending the night at the Greenleaf Hut and finishing the next afternoon at the Gale River Trail. Man... it would be nice to take advantage of being in the neighborhood to finish those miles!
The temperatures will be a shock - the daily Cincinnati low temps have been the daily New Hampshire high temps. I can't remember the last time I saw 50's on the thermometer or slept with the window open.
Trudgin' along the AT since 2003. Completed Sections: Springer Mountain to Clingmans Dome and Max Patch NC to Gorham NH
"The days I keep my gratitude higher than my expectations...those are pretty good days." Ray Wylie Hubbard
"The days I keep my gratitude higher than my expectations...those are pretty good days." Ray Wylie Hubbard