Thursday, May 21:
Currently Hiking: Mid State Trail
Miles Completed: 188/331
He Said: So, we are back on the Mid State Trail after a bit longer than planned time off to make some repairs and upgrades to the vehicles. As you may remember, the
#4runner left us stranded after our last section. The verdict was that a spark plug blew out, so with the help of our neighbor, Ray, and his friend Ed, I put a helicoil in so I could replace the spark plugs, changed the spark plug coil packs, and for good measure the spark plug wires. There is still some work to be done on it, but that got us going again. We also got a cap for the
#f150 and built a platform with drawers to keep some resupplies and gear in to keep us going on this new adventure. We will be breaking in the sleeping platform on this section since the camping areas are pretty limited. I haven't taken a lot of pics of that yet, so we'll do that when we get back to the truck. Our first day out was quite pleasant weather for hiking. We didn't see a whole lot of wildlife, but did see some feathers and a huuuge ant hill (the trekking pole in the photo is for scale). Trillium is still blooming and saw a few of those mushrooms, but no morels. I think the rocky terrain and mountain laurel thicket is not the right environment for them.
She Said: I saw a porcupine! Rocks are still terrible.
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