Massachusetts
On our way out of Connecticut, we got our asses kicked by a bad rainstorm. My wife slept all night wrapped in a tarp. (I her offered my little one man tent, but she didn't want it) We got up the next morning and she was beat... we took the day off and went into the closest town, Springfield MA. We saw the Blair Witch Project. Me and Icky were cracking up, but my wife got freaked out by the movie. It was a good thing she was going back home that day, otherwise we would have made little stick figures and stacked rocks up in front of her while she was sleeping just to freak her out more. At the end of the day, she dropped us off and we stayed at Upper Goose Pond cabin.
At the cabin, we ran into Moez-ass and the Aussies. The were ahead of us for the longest time. We were finally gaining some ground. The cabin was nice, but it was the first of the AMC run huts, which means that you have to pay to stay. That kind of pissed us off. I mean, we were like rocks stars of the trail! People we met were like, "You walked how far?!" At that point we had walked over 1300 Miles! That's me on top of some fire tower taking in the view in the morning.
One thing that sucked was that Backdraft's Vacation was over and he was going back home. That's him waiting for the bus. he was a pretty funny dude. We would make fun of him and tell him that Muto wanted to be his girlfriend... he would always reply "Awww, fuck you guys!" with his thick Chicago accent. He warned us that the bigger mountains were coming up and he wasn't kidding!
Mt Greylock was the first big climb we had in a while. On the way up, we ran into Hover and Redwing. It was a real crappy day with lots of wind and rain. At one point, the trail crossed a road on the way up and someone offered us a ride the rest of the way. We convinced Hoover and redwing to take it, and after it was over, we made fun of them for not being "purists" any more. A "purist" is some one who will follow the trail no matter what. They don't take short cuts or side trails. We ruined it for them! Bwahahaha!!! Sooner or later, everyone comes to the dark side. That was the last "free ride" Icky and I got. After this, every time we tried to take a short cut, we paid for it big time.
When we got to the top, we Ran into Mr. Daisy. I hadn't seen him since he was eating our food in Bear Mountain. That lucky bastard had scored a place to stay at the lodge on top in exchange for working or some crap. There were no shelters or anything near by, and I didn't feel like pitching a tent in the rain so we convinced Hoover and Redwing to break into one of the buildings there. (Bwahaha!! a little B & E for fun! I bet with a little time, I could of convinced hoover to kill Redwing with his leki.) So we get in and set ourselves up. Then we hear voices and see a light. Everyone dives for cover! Redwing and I hit the wall by the front window and I see Icky and Hoover dive on the floor in the back of the place. This old guy and his granddaughter walk in and see us all in a pile looking like a bunch of spastic monkeys. he asks if he can stay there too. We all wind up sacking out there for the night, which was good because there was a killer lightning storm . It would have sucked to be stuck outside.