Connected in Connecticut

Just heard from Trill a few minutes ago.  He has not had phone coverage the last few days so it was good to hear his voice.   The last contact we had was the package we received yesterday from Kent, CT sent 6/3.  It was his stove and fuel bottles…no note,  so we were very interested in how and what he was eating.  He said a hiking friend has made him a stove out of 2 Pepsi cans that burns alcohol that he finds available in more places. Cutting weight!  We can’t imagine what is left in his pack, but he says he has one of the heaviest packs of his hiking group.

He is still with Master Alex and All Good near Prospect Mountain, CT . Brandon said that CT is very pretty and they have slowed down and are enjoying the trail.  He thinks Don Juan is a little behind him because he got off the trail to visit some friends.  Dynamite is ahead of him because Trill and MA also took a zero day yesterday at the shelter.  They have had some rain so some days they get big miles, some days they sit out the rain.  He is doing well and will post the next time he is at a computer.  Cell coverage was spotty so we did not get much info but he did say he was doing well and hopes to climb Katahdin between the middle to the end of July.  He is still seeing snakes “oh I see them every day”  but only the harmless varieties.  Also saw a few foxes (I think he meant the 4-legged kind but he did not go into detail) in NY.

We also got a phone message from Roundhouse this week .  He is doing well and encouraged Trill to “finish the trail!”  I am certain that one day RH will pick back up in PA and finish it himself.  The AT will always be there, just like RH’s new found love for hiking in the woods.  If you read this RH which I am sure you will, we can’t remember what those rare plants were we saw in Md.  Some kind of apple or something.  Your horticulture knowledge is sorely missed.

Watch out for the rocks and keep dry socks,

On to Maine!