Glencliff NH

Glencliff NH

Dramatic change in terrain yesterday. People have been telling us for 2 months now that it gets a little flatter after Glencliff, and boy it did. We walked through a field with grass and everything yesterday, first time! Its been forest so far, but we walked through a beautiful open meadow, heard lots of new bird calls (no idea what birds they are yet), and the weather is still warm in the daytime. Before i forget, saw wild turkey near Crawford Notch at the bottom of the presidential range.

Saw our best views yet of a moose a couple of days ago, they use the trails just like us, so we meet them now and then. Usually we hear them run off, but we got a glimpse of a young female moose, but it was too quick for us to take a picture.

We are dodging acorns dropping off the trees right now, trees are changing colour, and the trail will be a different beast going forward. I can feel we are using different muscles on the flatter trail than we have been when climbing. We're already planning slightly longer days, will update you on progress when we can. Where the internet turns up again, nobody knows.

Thanks to 'Phatt chapp' at the 'Hikers Welcome' for letting us get in for the night to dry off after 24 hours of rain, and letting us use the net.

Oh, and thanks to T.S. Father turning up at Beaver Brook shelter with a stereo, playing Led Zeppelin, and cooking everyone food, with a creamy mushroom soup starter. It was almost civilized, apart from the smell of THE WORST privy on the A.T. lingering in the background.

We'll be in Hanover in 4 days. There is no long term plan (apart from walking to Georgia to catch a flight home), we just get up in the morning and walk South with Fall, and take in the countryside on the way....

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