Land Shark

Dear Blog,

We got a late start this morning.  After spending the prior day with Laird and Risa, we got home late and thus slept in a little. Even though we are retired, there are still chores to do.  After shower and breakfast, we studied Chinese for an hour, did two loads of laundry, made lunch and emptied the black and gray water tanks.  At 3:00 p.m., it was finally time to hit the trail.  Today was a five mile hike to Little Pond.  Here's Dave pointing the way!

As hikes go, this was supposed to be relatively easy.  It was two and 1/2 miles along a forest road to the pond and then return the same way. Only problem is that it had rained every day for the past four days.  The road itself was full of "little ponds." However, once we got to Little Pond, it did not dissappoint.  There was a nice camp on the shore of the pond with a great view down the length of the pond.  We could see a deer and her fawn catching a drink at the other end of the pond. This is one of the few times we actually saw wildlife in the wild. We usually see turkeys in camp and deer on the side of the road.

On the way back, we could see the remnants of an old stone fence.  There was also a power line easement that went for miles. In Vermont, you can actually hike and snow mobile the power line easements. It would probably take you days to get from one end to the other.

Little did we know, as we returned to our car, that we would have our first encounter with the elusive land shark.  These little known sharks inhabit only the deepest darkest regions.  

Kathy could not resist a closer look and almost didn't survive the encounter, but Dave was able to pull her from the jaws of death.

Luckily, Dave and Kathy were able to slip by the land shark and return to camp. The night was spent by the campfire, cooking mesquite smoked salmon and drinking a local beer from Brattleboro.  It was our last night in Vermont.  Tomorrow, it is on to the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

Bye for now.