We are up and hiking by 7.00am and get a lovely view of the pond.It is an easy walk to the highway at Crawford Notch and we are there by 8.30am We hitch a ride with the sixth car to go by - a female post doc from Dartmought College doing research on water quality, from mercury leaching from the old mines.
We restock at the Crawford Notch General Store and eat microwaved food for breakfast. Five day hikers squash us into their car and give us a ride back to the trail. The weather is fine and we have a great ascent of a very steep climb to the main ridge. We enjoy the sunshine and take our time, drying off our boots and lunching on one of the rocky outcrops overlooking the hut in the distance.
We arrive at the hut and get 'work for stay' with 2 southbounders (SOBOs) and we meet up with FOG - Friendly Old Guy - who has paid to stay. A pleasant evening reading and sleeping in the library above the kitchen. We are woken by one of the staff singing at us - I am sure she thinks she has a good voice - but alas its not true.
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