It stayed in the 70s all night. Dawn was a pretty pink yet slightly terrifying since I knew what was coming heh. 80s in the morning 80s in the afternoon. Thankfully it is down to 73 now at 8pm.

I got an early start tearing through the Black Cats and the R&J Chaput trails to reach the Second Connecticut dam by 930. After a cheese and sausage break I was ready for the Falls in the River trail.

I don’t see any more pictures in the camera so you’re going to have to wait for the video to see the rest of the day. It wasn’t pretty heh. Well the day was ok but I got pretty ugly. After loading up with water at Coon Brook it took all I had to climb up to the highway and down to Tillotson Hut.

I tried sleeping inside but gave up and put the hammock up. Way too hot in there. Might have to find a snack before bed as tummy seems to be done with dinner and breakfast is a long way off. Only day two and The Hunger is upon me.

Once again, it begins!

Of course the day I start has to be a humid day in the 80s. I talked Nancy into stopping at Deer Mtn SP so I could drop most of my gear and slackpack. That was a great idea heh.

I had the park almost to myself with no one in sight or sound. Good dinner and was asleep before dark.

Time to load up the sausage and pack the cheese! The mighty Cohos Trail in northern New Hampshire is in fine condition from early reports. If the water holds out I might even keep hiking past Stark this year. Of course I might not too heh.

Not sure how much I will be able to post from the trail. There are definitely some areas where I won’t have a phone signal so don’t worry if I don’t post for a few days in spots. When I can I’ll share some of the beauty to be found out there.