Starting from Kellog Conservation Center
Hiked 10 miles
The alarm rang at 4:00 a.m. By 5:00 a.m. we were headed to the airport to catch the early flight to New York City (LaGuardia). Packing was easy since all we had to take was a carry on. Check-in went well and we got on the flight!!!! The flight even landed on time. Things were starting looking up!
The checklist:
*Get the rental car
*Go to White Plains to retrieve the luggage
*Find an outfitter and purchase fuel cans
*Lunch, a much needed detour in Kent, CT, yes the same little town Turtle and Navigator hiked through earlier this year.
*Find a store to purchase water.
*Go to South Egremont to get on the trail!
We arrived at the Kellog Conservation Center around 1:00 p.m. The humidity was high, but the sky was blue with just a few scattered clouds. The hikers were happy to get back on the trail again!
Welcome back . . . the challenges were evident in the first five miles on the trail. It was swampy, mosquito infested terrain. The next five miles were slightly better as they climbed to higher elevations over rocks. Who would have thought that rocks were a good thing????
They were happy hikers because they met their first goal of 10 miles by 6:30 p.m.
They are staying at Tom Leonard Lean-to was their stopping point. This lovely spot sleeps 10 and has a “very cold stream 0.2 miles down a ravine to the left of the lean-to.” Oh yeah, there’s a privy too!
Total miles: 237.7
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