After our long hike yesterday, I wanted something short and easy for today. I studied the maps and finally found a trail that didn’t go uphill. It was a very short piece of the AT across the road from Pinkham Notch Visitor Center. It was most appealing because at the half-mile mark was a pond. That’s what I wanted--a level trail with a pond. With rain in the forecast for the afternoon, we headed out right after breakfast.
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| A beaver dam |
The hike was very nice. There were many photo opportunities along the way and we were able to find a large flat rock which offered the perfect place to sit and enjoy our surroundings.
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| Lost Pond, the largest pond we saw today |
We got one big surprise along the way. I heard hikers coming up behind me, so I stepped off the trail to let them pass. When I got situated where I wouldn’t fall, I looked up and low and behold it was Bowtie and Samurai. We gave these two thru-hikers a ride into Waynesboro when we were there in May. We had seen them again at Trial Days in Damascus, but that was also in May. We had a short chat with them, then they continued North on the trail. They looked good after 1800 miles. Good luck to them.
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| View from our perch on the rock |
So our day was filled with blessings--the opportunity to enjoy the creation and the opportunity to reunite with old acquaintances.
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