Well The Long trail is behind us now , at least for the time being. I do hope to complete it this year 2020 but life has a funny way of changing plans. I will post some of our travels and interests as we go along in life.
Saturday, September 22, 2018
After Rutland
Still pouring rain this morning... hmmm what does this mean to us? Nothing ! Just means we hike in the rain . We did wait for a short time before going out in the weather, it seemed to take a break while we staged the cars . Once cars were parked Tom and Pauline shuttled is to the drop off location. Route 140 Parking lot was our starting point. This climb up bear mountain was filled with many switchbacks which guided us to the top. 5 minutes on the trail and the rain started, if it is said that the rain is the music in the forest we had an orchestra this morning. Actually a couple of them. We donned our ponchos, looking back not sure this was a good decision, I left my hood off so my head was wet but underneath it was a sauna, a stinky smelly sauna , after an hour I removed the sauna poncho and went with just the tee shirt. This was much better ! We had a couple of nice views throughout this hike ! So much to see . Stopped at a shelter for lunch which was nice break. The mountains rose up around us as the wispy legs of fog creeped up on top of the green foliage which blanketed the rocky terrain, truly a magical sight. Met more hikers and some smelled worse than us ,others were better , such is life. Nearing the end of the hike we came across a bridge crossing at Clarendon gorge . We stopped and viewed the flowing water, met met a young prospector who was planning for gold . I had a good talk with him about what he was doing, we talked about how he did this and what gold he actually pulled from the river bed . Very interesting. The suspension cable bridge was a treat for us to cross at the end of this leg of the trip. Looking back at the photos it amazed us the colours of all greens that were seen , from dark to almost fluorescent green , the light played off on all the leaves and ferns as well as al the other leafy greens that covered the forest floor. We stopped many times just to marvel at it all . A great day to be alive !
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