Glencliff NH, 1775 done, 398 to go

Just a quick note from the Hikers Welcome Hostel in Glencliff NH. Patty and I are ready to head into the White Mountains where the climbs get a little higher and steeper. Actually looking at the maps they are similar to some of the elevation gains and losses we experienced when we first started. Mt. Moosilauke is at 4800 feet and we have a 4000 foot climb and then a 4000 foot down. We can see it from where we are at and it is a lot rockier then what we have been doing. It will be good to get out of the mud.

After a great breakfast at Lou's in Hanover we left the Dartmouth campus and headed out on a 17 mile hike that we did under partly cloudy skies and about 75 degrees.

The last day of July was a great example of how the entire month went for us. After 3 very long climbs and desents, the ski opened up and we were totally drenched right down to our socks. We decided to shorten our day by about 3 miles and camped at a great spot with lots of nice pine needles, (keeps everything clean). We fixed supper and crawled in for the night by 8 pm.

We hiked 10 miles into Glencliff this morning and are deciding if we want to stay at this hostel or move on to the next shelter about 2 miles away with more pending rain. We have a drop box at the post office across the street and were just going to go over and get that.

Sorry I can't post any pictures. Some of the computers just will not allow it and this is another one. It will take us about 8 or 9 days to get through the White Mountains and I will not be able to post until we are done with those. We hope to shoot some great pictures while we are in the Whites and hopefully I will be able to post some once we are done with this next stretch.

We are both hoping that August will be a much cooler and drier month for us and are looking forward to getting above treeline in the White's.

Until next time.

Red Dog and Lucky Dog.