View from Baldpate West Peak
Location: East B Hill Rd / Pine Ellis Lodging (1932.2 miles)

Continuing my goal to slackpack as far as "reasonable", I got up at 5:45 for the 7 am shuttle to Grafton Notch. Because of the road placements, today would be relatively short, only 10.3 miles.

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Location: Grafton Notch / Pine Ellis Lodging (1921.9 miles)

Apart from a shower and nap, and writing a belated blog post, I did absolutely nothing productive today. It was quite relaxing, and my leg was most appreciative.

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Carlo Col
Location: Grafton Notch (1902.6 Gentian Pond - 1907.8 Carlo Col fillin) / Pine Ellis Lodging (1921.9 miles)

In contrast to the breakfast burritos previous days, today's breakfast at White Mountains was French toast, and it was amazing.

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Maine
Location: (1907.8 Carlo Col - 1921.9 Grafton Notch) / White Mountains Lodge and Hostel (1916.7 miles)

Papa Monkey said he wanted to leave at 5, so I got up at 4:30 and readied my gear. Rainbow and I left a little late, at 5:05, to pick up Papa Monkey, who stayed at White Birches last night. He wasn't actually ready, so we didn't leave there until 5:30.

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Location: Gentian Pond Shelter / White Mountains Lodge and Hostel (1902.6 miles)

After a punishing hike through the Whites, Rainbow and I took the day off. Papa Monkey hiked the section of trail between Gentian Pond Shelter and the White Mountains hostel he missed the day I did that section.

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