Day 146

Weather:
Sunny and humid. No rain.

Today's Hike:
Chesire, MA to Hoosic River - 14.0 miles

There are days when we climb many mountains, and there are days when we will only climb one. Today was a one mountain day, but it was a big one. Starting at 9am and 988 ft. we hiked toward the summit of Mt. Greylock, the highest point on the trail in MA reaching 3,491 ft. The hike was 8 miles uphill, not hard just long. Very, very long. 

We reached the summit around 12:30pm and as luck would have it the lodge was open and it was serving lunch. We all inhaled a plate of food then sat outside for about an hour to enjoy the fruits of our labor. By 2:15pm we started the 6.5 mile decent of Mt. Greylock of which the last 3.0 miles were down right awful. The trail was so steep that I actually asked Grommet if we had missed a turn and gotten off the trail. To top it off the trail was nothing but mud. In Storm's words, it was like trying to walk on butter. Slick as snot. It sucked. We wouldn't want to do that part again.

When we finally reached the bottom we had to go into Williamsburg to resupply for the next 3.5 days. By the time we were done it was 8pm, we were sore and tired, and we didn't want to hike anymore. So we walked to the first flat spot on the trail and set up camp. We're about four miles short of the VT border. Tomorrow will be a new day in a new state.