18 miles today :) our personal best. it can be attributed to the pancakes this morning, the flattest terrain we have seen, and the day of rest we had the day before. we left at 7:45 this morning, walked over the 90 (mass turnpike) summited 2 unimpressive mountains with poor views, then went to go visit the famous "cookie lady". she lives .1 miles off the trail, and bakes about 1500 cookies each year for hikers. they own a u-pick blueberry farm, and we went wild. they gave us buckets with strings to wear around our necks to collect the blueberries. they were the biggest blueberries i have ever seen! $2/lb! pressed on from there to the Kay Wood shelter, where a caretaker is staying and a group of high schoolers from inner city NYC out on their first camping trip. they are on a 4 day trip and will be climbing graylock. nice to have some company on the trail with so much energy!
tonight we are eating about 3 dinners, because we will resupply tomorrow. dan meets us in the am!
The cookie lady must have liked you guys. One person I talked to said she made him mow a portion of her expansive lawn before he was allowed to pick any blueberries.
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