Thursday,
May 25, 2017
Gifford Woods State Park to The Lookout Cabin
14.3 Miles
Janet Abbot picked us up at Dartmouth College parking area and took us to Gifford Woods State Park parking area. We started hiking at 800 a.m. and finished the day at 6:00 p.m.—10 hours of hiking, which seems to be common for us lately.
The weather forecast says it will be in the mid 50's daytime and mid 40's at night for 2 days, then mid 60's on Saturday, perfect hiking weather if not for the rain.
The day started out with Roaring Falls Waterfall early on. Beautiful spot. We met up with a fellow that we had met at Lost Pond Shelter and leap-frogged with him most of the day. We didn’t get his name but he became known to me as 10-miler, since he told us he was limiting himself to 10 miles a day and trying to get his hiking legs built up to make it to Katahdin. We left him when he stopped for the day at Stony Brook Shelter to avoid the afternoon rain.
I was disappointed when my feet starting hurting again in the morning after a day and two nights on the new pain-relievers. After taking the Tylenol at lunchtime though, they stopped hurting and didn’t give me much trouble for the remainder of the last few days. Hallelujah!
It started raining after lunch and again, we were drenched in no time. We made it to The Lookout, a privately-owned cabin, hoping to be the only ones there. Billy Goat from Raleigh, NC beat us there and had a fire going in the fireplace. He had gathered enough wood to last through the evening. We all hung our wet clothes all over the shelter, shared a cup of coffee (he was delighted), had our dinner and went to bed listening to the rain and gusting wind.
Gifford Woods State Park to The Lookout Cabin
14.3 Miles
Janet Abbot picked us up at Dartmouth College parking area and took us to Gifford Woods State Park parking area. We started hiking at 800 a.m. and finished the day at 6:00 p.m.—10 hours of hiking, which seems to be common for us lately.
The weather forecast says it will be in the mid 50's daytime and mid 40's at night for 2 days, then mid 60's on Saturday, perfect hiking weather if not for the rain.
The day started out with Roaring Falls Waterfall early on. Beautiful spot. We met up with a fellow that we had met at Lost Pond Shelter and leap-frogged with him most of the day. We didn’t get his name but he became known to me as 10-miler, since he told us he was limiting himself to 10 miles a day and trying to get his hiking legs built up to make it to Katahdin. We left him when he stopped for the day at Stony Brook Shelter to avoid the afternoon rain.
I was disappointed when my feet starting hurting again in the morning after a day and two nights on the new pain-relievers. After taking the Tylenol at lunchtime though, they stopped hurting and didn’t give me much trouble for the remainder of the last few days. Hallelujah!
It started raining after lunch and again, we were drenched in no time. We made it to The Lookout, a privately-owned cabin, hoping to be the only ones there. Billy Goat from Raleigh, NC beat us there and had a fire going in the fireplace. He had gathered enough wood to last through the evening. We all hung our wet clothes all over the shelter, shared a cup of coffee (he was delighted), had our dinner and went to bed listening to the rain and gusting wind.
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