Monday, July 6, 2015

July 5

Up early and left my campsite at 5:45.  I started hiking down to US 302 about 9.5 miles away.  The hike down was really beautiful with all of the spruce and fir trees and the Christmas - like aroma they give off.  It's nice to be hiking in a boreal zone where conifers dominate the mountain slopes.  This is such a thickly wooded forest.  I reached the highway by 10 am and caught a ride up to the Appalachian Mountain Club Highland Center where I registered for a bunk in their bunkhouse. Ate lunch and just finished taking a shower and washing some clothes.   Tomorrow I'll continue hiking into the so-called Presidential Range of the White Mountains where I will summit Mt Washington the highest peak in the northeast.

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