Appalachian Trail day 26

DAY 1 of the 100 mile Wilderness

I felt like I had not hiked in weeks but it had only been one day off the trail. Today I entered and started hiking the 100 miles wilderness.

I brought 6 days of food yesterday and so can cover 16 miles per day to complete the wilderness with 3000 calories per day. Today I pushed out 20 miles as wanted to reach the Cloud Pond Lean-to.

I stopped off to watch a beaver swim around a pond earlier on in the day. Slim Shady was with me. Was magical to sit and watch the beaver. It’s tail was flat but the body really furry with a waterproof layer of kind of wax on the fur.

I also got to see a woodpecker at work today. In my tent now I’m at the Lean-to and the dirty bubble are here, plus a few others.

Today I covered including the FKT attempt miles 600 miles so far on the trail.