I would like to compare today to a casual day at the office. The divas and Whitetail slackpacked SOBO from VT 15 back to VT 108. Basically we emptied our packs to the bare essentials (food, water, headlamp, rain jacket) and got a ride from the local cab company to 15 this morning. We then hiked south back to 108 where we hitched back in to Stowe to stay another night. Brilliant really.
We met several NOBO LT hikers that have just been a day or two ahead of us. We discussed weather and the climbs. We confused a few individuals with our direction today which made for some laughs.
Light drizzle this morning with clouds slowly lifting produced some scenes right out of a misty rain forest. There was hope that the sun would appear at some point during the day.
The trail began with a ~6 mile climb up Whiteface Mtn. The divas spent this time perfecting a LT song to the tune of "Favorite Things" from sound of music. We performed the song for Whitetail during lunch at Whiteface Shelter.
The climb up Madonna Peak was short and intense. We walked straight up a ski slope and descended into what felt like a wind tunnel.
The SUN finally appeared near Sterling Pond which was so exciting and distracting that we actually got lost for about thirty minutes. Oops. The Long Trail is never forgiving.
We made it back into Stowe by 5ish and met Storm's friend who was celebrating his birthday today. We went to a pizza place that had excellent pizza BUT terrible service...TERRIBLE. We waited, for example, for 40 mins to receive our credit card receipts which gave us exactly two mins to resupply at Shaws for the next three days.
I hope I got enough food. Most hurried resupply ever.
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