Sunday, June 30, 2019
Redington Campsite to Spaulding Mountain Lean-to
10.7 Miles
Going up Saddleback Junior was nothing like Saddleback, just rocks and roots mostly. At least we had something to hold on to on the rock inclines and declines. It was still a slow go—it took us 3 hours to get to Poplar ridge Lean-to, not quite 3 miles. Wow! It’s raining today too.
Between Poplar Ridge and Orbeton Stream was a very nice trail, easy and pretty level.
Just past and uphill from Orbeton Stream is a road where we understand Geraldine Largay’s body was found a short distance from here. It was a solemn experience realizing that we were walking where she walked some of her last steps back in 2013. Over two years later her body was found near here. She was 66 – my age.
After a gravel road the trail started a steep incline going up Lone Mountain. I got weak and had to stop several times going up. We thought about camping at the top but there were too many rocks on the only level spot so we continued on 2.2 miles to the Spaulding Lean-to. I went straight to bed.
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