Flying Dutchman Day 5 (Thursday, June 30th, 2016)

Today we walked from mile 1708 to 1723.2 on the trail.  We are camping at a beautiful field at the Ascutney Mountain.

We had lunch at the Lookout, owned by a family who lets hikers stay at their home.  They had a ladder on the side of their building that led to a platform on a roof.  There was a beautiful view there where we could see the top of Killington Mountain, which we had already summited a few days ago, a lot of Vermont, and we could even see the Whites ahead of us in New Hampshire!

I am tired but enjoying my adventure on the Appalachian Trail!

Check out my trail beard so far!!

Ladder going up to the platform

Platform

Beautiful view on the platform!

Another ladder but this one is is part of the trail!

View from the trail today

Day: 5

Miles hiked: 15.4
Total Miles hiked on the trail: 61.6

Sprout Day 93 (Tuesday, June 28th, 2016) (NEED PICTURES)

Today was a great day.  Bubbles and I celebrated our three year wedding anniversary. I couldn't imagine spending it any other way.  I love that I'm spending my time on the trail with my best friend.  I have the best hiking partner!  We hiked up Killington mountain today and went up to the peak for some food and drinks.  It was a hard hike from the shelter to the top of the resort, but it was a great view.  It started raining a little after we got up there and we had a nice place to stay dry while the storm passed.

Day: 93
Miles hiked:  4.3
Total Miles hiked on the trail: 833.2
Bears: 0
Bluegill: 2
Butterflies: 8
Chipmunks: 3
Cows: 24
Crawfish: 1
Deer: 20
Donkeys: 2
Horses: 12
Hummingbird: 1
Inchworm: 1
Really Big Dog: 1
Mice: 2
Nest of bugs: 2
Newts: 2
Owl: 1
Rabbit: 1
Skunk: 1
Snail: 1
Snake: 2
Squirrels: 11
Toads: 3
Trout: 2
Turkeys: 4
Turtles: 107
Vultures: 6
Woodpecker: 1