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| Stratton Mtn tower |
Restless night at the crowded, swampy Stratton Pond campsite. Heading up Stratton Mountain the next morning looks steep but we take it slow and it's not bad. Last time we were here it was nothing but fog, but this time we get a panoramic view from the mountaintop tower, with the pond below and Mount Greylock far in the distance to the south. Very quickly the black clouds roll in, a little scary as the caretaker here has just told us about the intense lightening strikes that the tower attracts. All we get, though, is a quick peaceful drizzle, quite a relief in the heat as we hike down to our campsite near the Story Spring Shelter.
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| Stratton Pond from Stratton Mountain |
For dinner, our introduction to the world of MREs. We've decided to make this trip without a stove, since the trail through Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York takes us near a lot of fresh food options. Here in Vermont, though, it's still a true wilderness, so we've started out with a variety of stoveless food options. Yesterday was an experimental crustless quiche from a recipe on the side of a box of Bisquick that (unexpectedly) produced a durable, savory loaf. Tonight's MREs -- cheese tortellini and jambalaya -- were a present from my sister and brother-in-law a few years back. Well, they're okay. The heating apparatus is pretty cool, but it leaves you with a lot of trash to carry out. I'll try some other flavors someday.
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