Sunday, June 17, 2012

AT Day 40 - Caeser Road - Limestone Rocks Shelter

Miles: 14
Total: 481

We tried to get up early today but failed.  Not too badly though, we were out by 7:50.  The walk today was nice, with a five mile river/road walk and a gentle upward grade over three miles.  We popped over to look at the falls in Fall River and now we seem to be the only people here (it is around 6:30PM) - maybe it is because the shelter is a half mile away from the trail and 350 feet down a ravine.  Just a guess.  We shouldn't complain though, this really is a beautiful site and there is a series of falls as you traverse down.
There are lots of great bird calls around the shelter tonight, we really like listening to them.
I recently was marveling at the fact that we've been on the the AT for 40 days! We've only slept in a real bed five times since we left, and four of those nights were at the Doyle when we were recovering. It doesn't feel like that long, though. I think that part of the reason for the late starts lately is due to the fact that I'm more and more comfortable in my sleeping bag and it makes it that much easier to sleep in!



A fun looking hostel that we didnt' get to stay in.
 


 Can you find Jamie? 
A road walk in CT

                                                                      A pretty trail
                                           We had the Shelter to ourselves this night. 
It was a pretty great place with lots of birds, but the shelter faced NO light so it was incredibly dark in there.
Limestone rocks shelter from the outside.

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