Day 130-To the Iconic Upper Goose Pond Cabin...
July 26-16.0 trail miles + .5 to the cabin-Wilcox South Shelters to Upper Goose Pond Cabin-AT mile 1551.5
Morning trail.
Lots of mushrooms
Saw 36 of my little orange friends in about an hour!
A lovely little pond. Couldn’t stop too long or I would get eaten alive by the mosquitoes.
Tree fungi.
Trail greenery (if you look close, you can see Sure Foot).
One of several pasture sections.
The view from Tyringham Cobble.
This boardwalk over the swamp was not long for this world. It was a little scary in places!
Upper Goose Pond Cabin. In normal years, there is a caretaker here who cooks pancakes for hikers in the morning. This year, of course, the cabin is closed. However, we can tent here (which we would have probably done anyway). It’s just another iconic AT experience that we don’t get to have.
Also in a normal year, hikers can use the canoes to paddle around on the lake. Not this year. No canoes.
...But it is closed.
Because we stopped early yesterday, we had to tack on the 1.8 miles we didn’t do. That made for a 16 mile day, but really 16.5 with the additional.5 to the cabin. It’s been awhile since we’ve done that long of a day. Fortunately, it wasn’t quite as hot as forecasted, and there was oftentimes a pretty good breeze. Still, it was a long day. Even Sure Foot’s feet are tired.
The reason we stopped short yesterday was because of uncertain water sources. Turns out, there was plenty. Oh well, better to have the sure thing. In fact, today was really the opposite of yesterday regarding water. We had plenty of decent sources. We even flushed our filters at one creek!
We did some climbing today, but not as much as yesterday. I’ve noticed a plethora of roots these last two days. I’ve decided I don’t like them either, but I dislike rocks more. We seemed to climb just one hill that had a name, Tyringham Cobble. The others were not named.
Morning trail.
Lots of mushrooms
Saw 36 of my little orange friends in about an hour!
A lovely little pond. Couldn’t stop too long or I would get eaten alive by the mosquitoes.
Tree fungi.
Trail greenery (if you look close, you can see Sure Foot).
One of several pasture sections.
The view from Tyringham Cobble.
This boardwalk over the swamp was not long for this world. It was a little scary in places!
Upper Goose Pond Cabin. In normal years, there is a caretaker here who cooks pancakes for hikers in the morning. This year, of course, the cabin is closed. However, we can tent here (which we would have probably done anyway). It’s just another iconic AT experience that we don’t get to have.
The pond is nice, but there are a bunch of motor boats on it. They are not supposed to be on Upper Goose Pond, but there is a channel between Goose Pond (much larger) and Upper Goose. They come through the channel because there’s no one to tell them they can’t. And, the water source for us is the pond. Yay...
Also in a normal year, hikers can use the canoes to paddle around on the lake. Not this year. No canoes.
Tomorrow is an even longer mile day, but there is a long mostly flat section. It was forecasted to be 95 degrees, but now it’s only going to be 91, they say.
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