Day 3 on the Vermont Long Trail

Today was a good day! We headed on the trail around 8:30. The trail increased in elevation most of day. Shaggy past us on the trail and Tiny Turtle took off after him. When a hiker he knows passes Tiny Turtle tries to match their speed so he can talk to them the whole time. It works because then we all move faster and make excellent time! At the 1.6 mile mark we stopped at a good water source and filled up our water bottles then continued on our journey.

We came to Porcupine Outlook, which was gorgeous! We decided to have a snack and enjoy the view. Tiny Turtle wrote messages to our hiker friends behind us. They showed up shortly after and thought it was great! He wrote “Get Moving”. He just loves to hike with them.

We continued on our journey towards Goddard. It started raining so we quickly put our pack covers on and decided we didn’t mind ourselves getting wet. The rain didn’t last long to soak us but enough to cool us off.

We reached Goddard Shelter by 2, so we had some lunch. Goddard is a platform shelter. No bunks but still a nice shelter. We had brought a summer sausage but realized we forgot a knife! Bo Bonzi had to get creative. He used a knot on a tree to start the cut and then “Indian burned” to break it. It worked! Our hiker group showed up and told us they named us The Incredibles! They said that is our family name now. We loved it and now sign all the register books with that name plus our individual names.

Since it was early we decided we could press on another 4.1 miles to the next shelter, which was Kid Gore. It was shortly up the trail (.3) when we came to the Glastenbury Fire Tower. We climbed up  and the view was spectacular. We didn’t want to go back down.

The trail was mainly decreasing. Lots of roots but not bad. We reached Kid Gore Shelter. The shelter is small. We decided we like tent camping better so we found a camp sight around the corner from the shelter. It was the perfect campsite. We were on the side of the mountain overlooking many other mountains. It was gorgeous. The temperature was perfect. We made a good dinner and then laid down in our tents. It was so peaceful. We woke up at 1:22 and looked at the stars. It felt like they were right on top of us because the view. So far this is our favorite night!