So, today is the day that Nick went off into the wild to finish the 56 miles he has left to hike the Long Trail.
This is what it looked like at "ground zero" this morning. All those packages are each days worth of food for 5 days.
At 2:30 we left for Bennington, where Nick would pick up where the two of us left off a couple of years ago. I hiked with him on the south end of the trail until we got to Rt 9 in Bennington. It has taken him a few years to finish the 270 mile trail that runs the length of the Green Mountain State, Vermont.
Here's the happy boy as he gets ready to go. It's 4:45 in the afternoon and he has a few hours to hike into the first shelter, hopefully. Did I mention that I drove 2 1/2 hours down to drop him off and then turned around and drove 2 1/2 hours back home? Oh, and that I'm on call 24/7 in case I have to go pick him up? No different than driving in a NASCAR race - you've got to have that crew in the wings to bail you out when you need it.
The first picture looks like Christmas! He looks happy in the second one. I hope he has a good time.
Posted by: Terry | September 21, 2009 at 04:01 PM