I'm back at school now and even though this semester is flying by so fast, I find myself thinking about my summer adventures. Summer 2014 was filled with so much from thru-hiking the Long Trail with Luke, spending weekends in VT, attending the Newport Folk Festival, going to Alaska, hiking Katahdin, some more backpacking and lots more.
In the spirit of the Long Trail, I made this keychain. I made Luke a couple as well. I put a piece of birch bark (from the LT) at the bottom of the cap, and then filled it with epoxy. I let it dry and then drilled a hole through it, going from the cap down into the epoxy. Ever since this craft success, I've been saving bottle caps for more key chains and possibly some earrings.
Over the summer I started a postcard collection and have been trying to collect them wherever I go and I asked friends to send me a postcard when they went somewhere new and exciting. The last great postcard I received was sent to me by mom the first week I was back at school. It was such a lovely surprise and I remember what the day was like and what I was feeling when I crossed the exact same spot when hiking the LT.
Smugglers Notch ~1940's
We woke up that morning to foggy weather. We hiked Mt. Mansfield with rolling clouds around us and had the view poking in and out of sight. On the way down Mt. Mansfield, the weather was clearing and we met up with Adam (a friend we made on the trail). By the time we got to Smugglers Notch, the fog had completely cleared. It was a great day and it was nice catching up with Adam, whom we hadn't seen for the last two days. We ended the day at the beautiful Sterling Pond lean to.
The bathrooms were luxurious in Smugglers Notch before our ascent up to Sterling Pond
Here are a few of the many favorite pictures of the trip.
happy.
perfection.
indescribable.
