Day 141 (Aug. 9th) – 16.6 miles to Trapper John Shelter. Started out early this morning from our trail angel Gretchen’s house, had a nice stay there (and shower & laundry). Got free coffee this morning from a car service station by the trail head – the people here are incredibly nice and supportive of hikers! Climbed two mountains today and it was a good day. First mountains of New Hampshire conquered.
Day 142 (Aug. 10th) – 18.8 miles to Cape Moonshine Rd. We had a pre-white’s day today – climbed Smarts Mt. and then Cube Mt. – both hard!! We are now being spoiled by some fabulous trail angels who’ve been following us on our journey. They are letting us Zero here at their house (with a pool!) tomorrow. They are a very sweet couple. More to follow. Right now I am showered and sipping a glass of wine, soon to have dinner. Life is good! Nice break before the official White’s start!
Day 143 – zero day!
Day 144 ( Aug. 12th) – 17.3 miles to NH 112. We did our first White Mountain – Mt. Moosilauke. It was nice going up, god-awful the last 2 miles of coming down. Most treacherous and scariest part of AT we’ve done so far. Also it had rained so the boulders were slippery and wet. Very steep down. We both fell on our butts 2x each, once on the tailbone hard for me (ouch). We got to slackpack today compliments of our wonderful trail angels Alyson & Neil, and are staying with them for our final night tonight. They have been so amazing to us – taking us in, feeding us lots of amazing food, letting us Zero (yesterday) and slacking us today. Major thanks to Alyson & Neil!
Day 145 (Aug. 13th) – 11.5 miles to Kinsman Pond Shelter. The White’s are HARD! There was pain, sweat and tears today. Hard climb up and down (steep rock face and lots of rock scrambling). Lots of mud too. Views on Kinsman were great. We were supposed to meet a friend tonight but had to cancel and pull up short at a shelter – the terrain just really slowed us down and there was no way we were going to make our time frame like we thought. Tomorrow is a new day!
Day 146 (Aug. 14th) – 4.8 miles Nero to Franconia Notch. Today is a new day! After traversing a couple more miles of downhill rock scrambling, we got to a more manageable trail. Picked up by our new friend, Norma who lives close by, and has been following us from the beginning. Wonderful trail angel – she has helped us resupply, shower and do laundry, and stay with her tonight. Spirits are high today and we have a game plan.

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