Katahdin

Katahdin
Aug 17 2010 - End of Part 1

Monday, May 24, 2010

24 May, RPH Shelter

Mostly cloudy all day.  Some sun and a little rain.  High around 80.  Humid.

Nice hiking today; some up and down but not too bad.   Very pretty forest,  tall trees, high canopy and open underneath.  Also grassy open hilltops.  Saw 3 deer, 1 snake,  and 1 otter. 

Met 2 thru-hikers, Full Pint and Karma, who left GA on the 28th of Feb.  They hope to finish by July 1st.  Its kind of disheartening. 

Alps joined tonight by Rewind.  We met him at Fingerboard Shelter.   He took a day off now he has caught up again.  We will probably hike together tomorrow too.

RPH Shelter is a former house purchased by a hiking club.  The had to remove 1 wall and all the electricity to met Nat. Park Service codes for shelters.  But it has a covered porch, open porch,  patio, picnic tables and lawn chairs.  Also has a hand water pump.  It is on a road so we ordered pizza delivered for dinner.  

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