Getting Started & Week One

Well, we made it through week one and are just packing back up from our first night off the trail at a beautiful bed and breakfast close to the trail in Jeffersonville, VT. I will say that for me, the first week was both enjoyable and also grueling and at times very very physically challenging. The night off the trail was extremely recuperative (showers, clean sheets, pizza & lounging around) and I'm hoping to carry that "good will" into the next few days as we go over some pretty challenging terrain, including Mt Mansfield and Camel's Hump. Here are those promised photos from the first week.

Final Pack up of our Packs before being picked up by the shuttle

 

Our Home for the first night (Journey's End Camp) at the Canadian Border

 

 

The U.S. Canadian Border (A cleared, mowed line in the

woods) 

 

International Border Marker (at the Northern Terminus of the Long Trail)

 

 

 Climbing Jay Peak (The LT goes up the ski slopes!)

Posing for a photo in the TramWay Building & Snack Bar at the top of Jay Peak

(We had a great lunch, dried out, and charged our phone and laptop)

Lunch Stop atop Mt Belvidere

(Also drying out our sweaty hiking clothes)

A gorgeous day to hang the clothes!

 

 A Stunning Beaver Pond in the Early Morning

Climbing Through Devil's Gulch

Looking down at VT-15 and the Towns of Johnson & Jefferson  

 

A Last Rest on Prospect Rock before heading down into Town

 

Crossing the Lamoille River via Suspension Bridge

 

 

After crossing the bridge it was just another .4 mile to get to the road crossing at Vermont Route 15, where the innkeeper from the Bed & Breakfast (Nye's) in Jeffersonville was picking us up from the trail. With the first 50 miles behind us, we are taking a much deserved break!