Day 8: Kent, CT

Had granola with (dried) milk and dried nectarines this morning. We did our stretches and filtered some drinking water. We left our site around 8:30am (late for backpackers) and hiked up Schaghticoke Mountain with an overall ascent about 1000ft (you can think of walking up 100 floors or a building...with 35+lbs on your back).  We had lunch on the summit, hiked down a bit, then up Mt. Algo (or, as Chad likes to mispronounce in every way possible, Mt. Alongo, Mt. Hidalgo, etc.). It was an 8.9mile day with lots of ups and downs. i have realized my balance is getting much better while doing my stretches, probably from using my stabilizing muscles so much while hiking. We got to the Mt. Algo shelter around 6:30 where we met up with some friends we saw earlier or the trail (Happy Pappy and gang) cooked some noodles for dinner and headed into town! The top of my backpack turns into a "purse" which is nice. Only about 1 mile into Kent,CT. We ate ice cream, bought more moleskin, bought beer
and some liquor from what they call a "package store". Tried hitch hiking (legal in CT) back to trail.  No luck hitch hiking, so instead we "brown bagged" the 2 free PBRs they gave us at the package store. Hiked back to site, drank some beers, hung our bear bags and its time for bed. Goodnight!