Connecticut River to Moose Mountain Shelter

Day One
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Connecticut River to Moose Mountain Shelter
11.5 Miles

We awoke at 4:30, repacked and organized our backpacks and had a good breakfast courtesy of the Comfort Inn.

Fortunately the Advance Transit bus line had a stop in front of the hotel.  We took the orange line to the Connecticut River bridge and the state line where we will begin our 2019 journey.

The state line is in the middle of the Connecticut River bridge.

After taking the obligatory pictures on the bridge, we went up the hill and into Hanover, NH.  The trail winds through town, past Dartmouth College and the Co-op.  I had to go in.  They have everything a hiker might need to resupply, but we didn't need anything, we had brought our food for the first days from home packed in our backpack.  We kept going and soon entered the woods.

Before long we found mud and black flies galore!  But it was mostly easy trail except for a little 45 degree mountain after the Velvet Rocks Shelter north loop trail and the long ascent to Moose Mountain Shelter.  We found that the water source was not at the shelter but at the north end of the loop trail to the shelter.  The privy had no sides - that's always a delight, ugh!!

We had the company of one fellow named Man Scout, a flip-flopper.

Mud, mud, mud!

Someone decorated the tree.