5/22/23
Day 134

Today ended up being a complete cluster. Originally I had a wonderful little 11 mile traverse of the AT planned. However, my paid shuttle driver never showed up at the trailhead in the morning so I had to bail on that plan and create an impromptu loop out of nothing but traverses. I headed up Mount Cube then down the other side on the Appalachian Trail and planned to walk the road back to my car. Well, that “road” didn’t actually exist anymore. I ended up having to walk even further along the dirt road to route 25A then thumb a ride back to my car. What made me feel frustrated was that because of this cluster I will have to add a day to my hiking calendar which is already jam packed. I can’t make other people do what they say they’re going to do, and as much as I try to account for all the unknowns on this whole hiking adventure I can’t account for unreliability. And I don’t have a choice but to do these hikes as traverses. Anyway, the miles were done and I hit almost 60% traced today so that’s good news at least.

Daily Miles: 9.17

Daily Vert: 2235’ 

Overall Miles: 1376.22

Overall Vert: 392,863’

Trace: 59.4% -> 59.7%

Trails:

Cross Rivendell Trail Cube Section

North Cube Spur

Kodak Trail

Hexacuba Shelter Spur