Day 132

Short day with a much needed food break in Falls Village. I only got 11.3 official miles in with extra going into town for food and a .4 to the shelter. I pigged OUT at the cafe. Got a local beer and a blood orange iced tea along with a garden salad with chicken and a breakfast burger with fries. (Can you really call it a breakfast burger if there’s no burger? I would have called it a breakfast sandwich. Either way, it was delicious!) The climb up Mount Prospect was exhausting in this heat and with a full belly of food and beer. I knew there was a .4 down to the shelter I’d be staying at but I didn’t know it was down such a super steep cliff. It’s going to be a butt kicker climbing back out of here in the morning first thing! It’s almost straight up with rock stairs for .4 miles before I get back on the AT officially. The other crazy thing is I’ll then only have .3 miles to go to hit the 1,500 mile mark! Woot! Later tomorrow I’ll also cross into Massachusetts. 1,499.7 miles complete. 694.6 to go.