Mahoosuc Notch was the most fun mile of this trip! I didn't even freak out too much when I squeezed through a rock tunnel. I kept my pack on the whole time!

I've made it to MAINE! 1900 miles down! About to do the Mahoosuc Notch! Look it up, it's a crazy sectionm

My last night in New Hampshire! I had so much fun here even if the weather was crappy! 285 miles to go, the end is near!

Just finished the Whites in NH! They closed the trails at 6pm due to the hurricane. I'm going to spend tomorrow nice and safe in Concord with Johanna!

Vermont

I've been having a lovely time here in the Green Mountains! There are lots of nice mountains to climb, great views, and lots of places to get a good meal. Right now I am sitting in Mountain Meadows Lodge where I just ate a fantastic veggie wrap and sat in a hot tub for an hour!
I would like VT more if there were less slugs. For those of you that don't know - I'm terrified of those slimy beasts. Every morning I have to pick 2-10 of them off my gear, shoes, and hammock rope. It is disgusting.
The other downfall in VT is the mud. The trails here get heavy use and there has been a lot of rain so there is a ton of mud.
Two days ago I had an extremely bad slug/mud day. I had to pick an unusually large number of slugs off my stuff in the morning. Then I slipped in a pile of mud. Mud all up my leg, butt, down my shoes --essentially everywhere. About 20 minutes later I started to slip again so I grabbed on to a tree. Apparently the world's juiciest slug lived exactly where I planted my hand, eck! About an hour after that I stopped next to a brook for a well deserved break. I sat on my backpack and BAM! I must have found the only bee around on that rainy day and planted my ass right on him. I got stung right on my butt cheek. Every step I took for the rest of the day hurt like mad. Now it's lunch time and I stop and make pasta. Everything is great, no slugs anywhere, I checked. I pick up my trekking poles, take ten steps and feel something slimy on my hand. A damn slug made a home in my wrist strap. I threw a temper tantrum until my friend got it off for me. About another 20 steps down the trail, SLIP! I fell straight on my stung ass.
Looking back on the day I can see how it could be very amusing, but I was not in the mood at that time. Now I have a giant bruise on my shin and a itching butt cheek to remind me of all the fun I had in Vermont.
1,697 miles down!

VERMONT! 1,600 miles in. 581 left to go! I've had the best 2 days of food, dinner last night was Indian! Section hikers gave me 2lbs of food and chocolate!

I'm sitting on the highest peak in Mass in a cafe! There's no better reward after climbing a mountain than lunch! Perfect hiking weather today and a great view!