My Trails

8/4/12 – 1564 miles
I’ve been on the trail for four months now. In some ways it seems like only yesterday when I started. It really blows my mind that I will be hiking into Fall soon. Before long I will be looking to get back my winter gear for the mountains of NH.

I hiked 21 miles into Dalton, MA and stopped at the home of Tom Levardi, a true trail angel. Tom lets hikers stay in his home, shower, and even does their laundry, all for free. I thought I would have to tent out back but Tom invited me into his home for the night.

There was a neat thing that happened today. Way back in Southern Virginia, I met a man backpacking in the Roller Coaster and stopped to talk. He told me he was getting in shape to hike with his son who was coming up the trail, doing crazy big miles, hoping to finish before he was scheduled to start at a new job. He told me his sons trailname saying that he would probably catch me someday. Today I met his son. We are both staying at Tom’s house. It was kind of cool to close the circle.

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