We woke up in Unionville and realized it was the worst night of our lives. Between the noise of the traffic, the lights, and the mosquitoes, it was a very unrestful night. Traffic started to die out about 10:30 PM, but even so, the lights of the city kept us awake and restless.
In the morning, we got up about 6:30 and started packing up. It was a very lazy morning and all of us were packed up around 8:30. Our shuttle wasn’t due to arrive until 10 o’clock, and so we sat in front of the general store, charging our devices and enjoying the gloriously cool weather and beautiful skies. We sat across from a quaint little house that had some kind of, badger or groundhog living under it. We don’t know whether the owners know that that animal is there, but the cat does as evidenced by his peeking out of the window at the same time that the groundhog was perusing the front beds.
Jaime, our Shuttle Driver was an interesting character. Kind of bedraggled in an old Ram 2500 work truck with doors that didn’t work very well. He was essentially a nice guy, and very knowledgeable about the area because he’s lived here his entire life. In fact, he said that his family went back to the 1700s in this area. He said he was a member of the historical committee. He shared some of the history of the area with us.
Jaime first took us to the Glenwood post office to pick up supplies for the rest of the hike. The postmaster there was very helpful. We were able to get one box returned to our home in Texas, and retrieve our other box, unload and regroup our food, and then mail a few items back. One of the items I sent back was a very heavy climbing rope that I had ordered to substitute as a bear rope, but it’s just way too heavy for this kind of use, and there are bear boxes along the trail anyway.
The hike to the shelter was nice, unremarkable, short and soft. We were put in fairly far down the line and so only had a short day today. We’ve been at the shelter now for four or five hours, napping, talking, and resting, waiting for our movie in Warick tomorrow. The plan is to pick up the shuttle in the morning at the Warwick Turnpike and drive into Warick to see the movie. It’s Tootles and my anniversary tomorrow
By the way, Forest Pixie and Mama Bear decided to change their trail names to Finknottle and Tootles. Just a note.
Today’s mileage: 2.0
Total trail miles: 68.4