August 8 - 9, 2014 Glastonbury Section of LT-Route 9 to Kelly Stand Road

Stayed the night before we started hiking at the Black Bear Lodge in Stratton Village after parking the truck at the trail head on Route 9. We dropped our parks on FSFS 71 where the LT crosses, gives us 2 miles of hiking without packs. We meet numerous AT thru hikers north bound coming out of Story Spring Shelter. Also met a father/daughter section hiking the LT that were from Calais. Stopped at the shelter for a break and continued on with out hike. We watered up at the old Caughnawaga Shelter for the final push to Goddard Shelter. We had planned on stopping at the old fire tower and climb to enjoy the view. When we got to the tower it started to sprinkle so we  went on to Goddard to make sure we set the tent up before it really started to rain. It never did really rain. The shelter and tenting sites were filling up fast so it was a good thing we got at the site when we did. A large group of AT'ers were at the site and they were having a ball. They finally went to bed at duck so the woods were nice and quite. We were on the trail at 7:30 trying to get to Route 9 knowing the long drive back home. The hike was, for the most part, downhill. The last bit was very steep as the book advertised. Spent sometime at the river by the bridge to clean off some of the sweat and dirt accumulated over the last two days.  This was the only section of the LT we, as couple, had not completed before we started to redo the LT and document it.