it started off as a pretty normal day. a little drizzly, pretty warm, etc. we were 17 miles from town. so like always, we wanted to get as close to town(burger king) as we could that day...
the short version is....we made it 5 miles through a bad rainstorm. we had our gourmet tuna and ramen noodle lunch and headed out for 5.2 more.
my leg started hurting. it started raining harder. it got dark. our headlamps went on. it started raining harder. it got pitch black. my leg is killing me. we climb up an impossibly steep waterfall/rock formation. THEN we round a corner and the "trail" is a river. a rushing, angry, 3-4 deep river.
we can see the white blazes still so this river is really the trail and we HAVE to be close to the campground. tony goes ahead while i stand with water rushing around me. in the pitch dark. with a 30 pound pack on my back. the trail is impassable is the verdict. so we turn around and wade back through the river we just came through and camp out on a ledge.
our sleeping bags were dry. and our clothes were dry. THANK GOODNESS.we shared our last poptart and went gratefully to sleep.
so that was the day we left Maine and. came to New Hampshire. today, we Re in gorham, nh and have gone 298 miles! we are reunited with our trail family and have had our burger king.
hope everyone is happy and safe and dry at home. we love and miss you guys every day.
PS google mahoosuc notch. that's the location of the bottom picture.
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