Day 44 - Stratton Pond Shelter

​Day 44 - Stratton Pond Shelter

Starting location: Kid Gore Shelter

Ending location: Stratton Pond Shelter

Mileage today: 15 miles 

Total Mileage: 498.4 miles

Miles from Springer: 1647.9 miles

Miles to Katahdin: 550.1 miles 

Today’s Photo

The story behind this photo ... 

I would walk 500 miles...

Today we were hoping to wake up to a gorgeous sunrise but instead we were basically in a cloud of fog! It poured last night. Thankfully we were safe and sound in the shelter. Unfortunately, I forgot I had some trail mix in a baggie in my fanny pack part of my pack and a mouse chewed a hole in the fanny pack and then ate all the nuts but left the cranberries. I guess he didn’t like all the sugar! lol. Thankfully my pack is perfectly functional still but won’t make that mistake again. Rookie mistake. 

We got on the trail at 6:20 am and it was lightly raining. The trail was a river of water in some parts. It was cool and we had all our waterproof gear on to help keep us dry and warm. I ended up shedding layers as we hiked though. We came across this cool beaver pond. 

Here is a sample of what the trail looked like with all the water. We basically jumped from root to rock to keep our feet dry.  

We met up with Amee and Froning for lunch and took a nice hour break drying off and playing. The sun had came out by then. 

We hiked up Stratton mountain today which was our highest mountain to date. 3,931 ft. We obviously had to climb up to the top of the tower and had amazing views. 

We hiked to the Stratton Pond Shelter for tonight. It is the largest shelter in VT. It can house 16 people easily. We have 10 people here. 

I went down to the pond to get water and this was the view at the pond. 

Well watching some hiker TV (able to get a fire going despite the buckets of rain last night), and then hitting the sack. 

Good night. 

Gandalf, Legolas & Bombadil