Bonnie's car is now with them for the summer, so it can be driven once in awhile. The other business was our food boxes that Linda & Stef are going to send us at locations along the trail that have limited or no resupply services. This way we can hitchhike into town, find the post office and get our package. We then will fill our packs with food and hitch another ride back to the trail where we go for another 5-7 days before we need to do it all over again. Some towns will have plenty of services for re-supply; others have very limited selection. Towns along the PCT can be 1-25 miles off the trail, making it difficult to re-supply. Thank you Linda & Stef for all your help.
The pleasure part of our gathering was a nice lunch at the 528 cafe in downtown Great Barrington. After lunch with full bellies, Bonnie, Stef, and I hiked up Monument Mountain at 1,642 feet. Monument Mountain offers greats views for little effort. A good thing, because we all admitted to not being in hiking shape. A little alarming seeing we are going to be hiking for the next six months. Linda and Nana explored the area lower down and enjoyed the beautiful weather.
I remember hiking this little peak! It does go straight up, as I recall, so maybe you can blame the "elevation gain" for feeling out of shape. Not for long, tho! Nice pic of Nana, too, nice that she got to see you off as well.
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