Saturday, July 4, 2009

July 4: Story Spring Shelter, VT

1619.5 miles.

Happy Birthday America!

Another messy, muddy, rainy day to celebrate our life of independence.

Sick of the rain and pretty exhausted from hiking 20 some miles a day for over a month, we pinned our hopes on Vermont and the beautiful Green Mountains to cheer us up.

Well, apparently it rains in Vermont, too.

No matter, we're excited to be here, just two more states and 550 miles from our destination. These mountains are beautiful -full of fir trees and lakes, bear and moose tracks everywhere. Sure it's rained 8 inches in the last three days, the trail is a sloppy mud pit, and our tent is growing a few varieties of mold, but Leah is coming up to meet us tomorrow to hike with us for a week, and the radio says there's a chance of sunshine this afternoon!

Rain or shine, onward we march in our pursuit of happiness.

2 comments:

Instant Garages said...

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anna sullivan said...

Thanks garages!

I haven't hardly posted a thing since we finished that great AT adventure. We'd better come up with another something fun to write about so we don't lose all our followers!

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