AT 2013 – Vapor Trail

I’m back from my 10th year of section hiking the AT. This has got to be my favorite one. Right now I am working on the photos and have a new account with Flickr that I am familiarizing myself with, so this will take a bit of time. Here is beginning of this 10th section hike—

Appalachian Trail 2013 — Hedy is poised on the opposite bank of Stony Brook, my starting place for the 10th year of section hiking on the Appalachian Trail. This is Vermont, section 3, about 477 miles from Katahdin. Although the official AT map shows a parking area, there is only a small place on a dirt road to leave a single car. There are no services nearby so this is not a good place to get off or on the trail. The bridge was washed out and I had to begin this section by fording Stony Brook which had a suprising flow of water. This marks the first day of my 10th year on the AT. Vermont, section 3, 477.3 miles to Katahdin.

Fortunately, Hedy and I marked the GPS coordinates of this position when we got off the trail last year. We headquarted at a Super 8 in White River Junction to begin this 10th section. I was concerned about finding our way beck to our Stony Brook exit but—no problem. Our TomTom took us to the exact spot we had left off at. Trip report of. this section hike are posted at https://gravelboy.edublogs.org/at/at-2013-vt-n-h/