Mount Horrid's Great Cliffs
Friday, July 28, 2017 9:07 pm
Location: Sucker Brook Shelter (129.5 miles)

After it briefly poured sometime overnight, the sun was out in the morning, and the weather forecast appeared to be correct, at least so far: no rain today.

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Maine Junction
Thursday, July 27, 2017 9:18 pm
Location: David Logan Shelter (116.9 miles)

I had anticipated waking up around 7, in order to get to Inn at Long Trail's breakfast, starting at 7:30, but I wound up sleeping in a bit longer; the overcast skies and wet ground seemed to confirm the weather forecast of rain for the day.

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Deer Leap Rock
Wednesday, July 26, 2017 10:06 pm
Location: US 4 / Rutland / Inn at Long Trail (103.5 miles)

I slept in this morning, not getting out of bed until almost 8:45; after over a week of getting up before 7 am every day, it was nice to sleep in for once.

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Tree Arch
Tuesday, July 25, 2017 10:27 pm
Location: US 4 / Inn at Long Trail (103.5 miles)

About five minutes after I got into my sleeping bag last night was when the pain hit. My feet had lied to me: they weren't actually ready for 19 miles of hiking. For the next two or three hours, they demanded constant attention, and I cycled between lying there restlessly and massaging each foot in turn. Eventually, the pain subsided, and I was able to get some sleep, though the wooden bunk I was sleeping on in Cooper Lodge felt hard as rock, and I couldn't really get in a comfortable position. (That there was no guard to prevent you from rolling off the edge did little to help my sleep, and I would occasionally wake up and wonder if it was safe to roll over because I couldn't actually remember which way I was facing.)

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Domed Ledge Vista
Monday, July 24, 2017 9:05 pm
Location: Cooper Lodge (97.9 miles)

I woke up in the morning to discover that the rain spared us overnight. Checking the weather forecast again, I noted that it would almost certainly be raining fairly early in the day, so I tried to get moving as quickly as possible: it would be best to be able to get hiking before it started raining, and any amount of hiking I could do before the rain started would be that much less hiking through mud.

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