Starting location: Griffith Lake
Ending location: Greenwall Shelter
State: VT
Miles today: 14.0
Miles total: 1,666.0
We started our day with the longest stretch of boardwalk in the state of Vermont. The boards allow us to walk above the mud which is great since the trail has been so muddy as of late.
Today we ran into Flying Squirrel who was ridge runner that we met in the Smoky Mountains. She was now heading up a trail maintenance crew here in Vermont. It was neat to see someone we hadn't seen in over 1,200 miles! She informed us that the ATC had set up a detour that would add 3 miles to our day due to a bridge that had been washed out. Because she thought of us as "experienced hikers", she said to just avoid the detour and ford the river. Ha, experienced hikers. Well we took her advice and when we reached the river we laughed because we really just had to rock hop across. We were both relieved that we didn't take the bypass and the extra miles.
We came across another beautiful lake this afternoon. I couldn't help but soak my feet. I wish I could describe how pretty it was with all the spruce trees surrounding the water. I really love Vermont and it's gorgous lakes.
Boardwalks...no rides though :(
Fording the river!!
I love these lakes!
Conan + Backwards
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