Day 41 - Limestone Rocks - Laurel Ridge Campsite

Miles: 14
Total: 494
Sights:

• Town of Salisbury, CT
• Deer count: 26
• Mystery Animal (possibly a groundhog)

We had our earliest wake-up and departure times to date!  5:10 and 6:15 respectively.  We made it to Salisbury by 8:15 on foot and had an overly expensive but also overly delicious breakfast ($30 for 3 pancakes, 3 pieces of bacon, a burrito, and coffee) at the County Bistro. We be-bopped around town, visiting the general store, the super market, the post office, and the outfitter before heading out for an easy ten miles. Dinner tasted extra delicious. We can't tell if it was actually delicious or if we were just super hungry. This is starting to become a frequent question for us.

Our Campsite for the night.



Laurel Ridge Campsite. Jamie purifying water.

Finally made it to Massachusetts!

A beautiful View.

A facinating Caterpillar.

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.