It has been hot and humid here (low 90s). Thankfully it is a little cooler at altitude.
Yesterday we hiked from Galehead Hut to Zeeland Falls Hut. It was less than 8 miles but incredibly steep so quite difficult and tiring. (But the views are incredible! )
When we arrived we were told we could not do work for stay (even though we were the only thru-hikers there). He made up some lame excuse but basically he did not want us to stay. I think we were too old for him.
This is consistent with what I have heard about the AMC. They do not care about the AT and thru-hikers. It can be very expensive and difficult logistically to get through the Whites with the AMC rules.
So we hiked another five miles (on flatter trail thankfully) to Ethan Pond. We paid $8 each to sleep in our tent. We had a cold dinner down at the pond with Flatlander, Muddy (a SoBo), and the caretaker. I was beautiful with high mountains to our side and the even larger mountains we crossed that day across the lake in the distance. A moose came out to feed. It was across the pond but we could see it was a male with antlers. Beautiful!
It was a short hike today down to Crawford Notch. We (Flatlander is with us) are resting in a motel and doing laundry and resupply.
Tomorrow we start up again in a climb that will take us to the top of Mt. Washington by Sunday.
Phone and data connection has been in short supply and I expect it to continue.
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