Passing through mile 1800 and into the White Mountains !

Well Pigpen has made it to mile 1800 and is now about to enter the White Mountains.  He will have about 80 miles+- through the Whites and this will probably be the only time I am just slightly nervous.  Even though this is a "relatively" tame time to pass through, the weather in the White Mountains of New Hampshire can be  very erratic.  Much of the hiking will be above the tree line where he will be exposed to thunderstorms and Mount Washington has held the record up until 2010 for the highest recorded wind gusts on earth  (234 mph).

He's still been averaging well over 20 miles per day although that will go down through the White Mtns.  He has caught up to some of the hikers he had seen down south,  (Blazer, Molly, and Pyrogi)  Blazer came through mine and Robin's trail magic station in GA way back in March. 

Dan has seen a moose, bear, and a coyote in the last 2 days.  Probably a good thing Kara came off the trail when she did or she would be doing a lot of extra miles chasing after them!

We hit our first drop box snag with the US Postal Service.  Dan missed a drop box at Palmerton PA so I called to get them to bounce it up to Lincoln, NH, but they sent it back home instead.  He's been getting a good bit of town food luckily.

Here are a few pics from the last couple of days:

View from the Lookout Tower.  A cabin with a tower Dan stayed at.

Another view from the Lookout Tower

Waterfall number ?????

Trail Magic with flowers in boots for atmosphere!