Author Archives: Deserrae Potts

Day 150 Hexacube Shelter to Gelncliff, NH Miles Hiked: 14.6 AT Milage: 1793.1 This morning I slept in longer than I planned because it was raining outside. I knew I needed to get to the post office in town before they closed at 2pm but I didn’t bother to set an alarm assuming I wouldContinueContinue reading “Day 150: Into Glencliff”

Day 149 Moose mountain shelter to Hexacube Shelter Miles Hiked: 17.7 AT Milage: 1778.5 This morning I woke up to an amazing sunrise from the shelter. I didn’t even have to crawl out of my warm sleeping bag to see it. I was really slow and lazy about getting on trail because my legs wereContinueContinue reading “Day 149: Hexacube Shelter”

Day 148 The Blue Barn to Moose Mountain Shelter Miles Hiked: 20.5 AT Milage: 1760.8 This morning I woke up sometime before 7am, ate breakfast and hit the trail. On my way out of town on the roadwalk I got water at a spigot from a local business that lets hikers camp there. There wasContinueContinue reading “Day 148: New Hampshire”

Day 147 Miles Hiked: 20.0 AT Milage: 1740.3 This morning I woke up around 6am and got on trail around 7. I slept pretty well last night and was warm inside the cabin. I forgot to take pictures of the cabin before I left and was sad. I hiked 6 miles mostly downhill on gentleContinueContinue reading “Day 147: The Blue Barn”

Day 146 Route 4 to The Lookout Miles Hiked: 17.3 AT Milage: 1720.3 This morning I woke up around 7am and took a shower before joining the rest of the hikers for breakfast at the Deli downstairs. There was yerba mate tea, granola, yogurt, and strawberries for breakfast and it was so good! I feltContinueContinue reading “Day 146: The Lookout”

Day 145 Route 4 to Route 103 Miles Hiked: 17.8 AT Milage: 1703.0 This morning I tried to catch the bus to the trail at 7:15 am but I got on the wrong bus so I had to wait until 8:15 for the next one. While I was waiting I went back to the hostelContinueContinue reading “Day 145: Killington”

Day 144 Little Rock Pond to Route 103, Rutland VT Miles Hiked: 12.5 AT Milage: 1685.2 This morning I woke up around 6 and crawled out of my sleeping bag to get ready around 6:30. I could hear the loons on the lake making their mournful calls. I got on the trail around 7:30am andContinueContinue reading “Day 144: The Yellow Deli”

Day 141 Black Brook to Stratton Pond Shelter Miles Hiked: 7.9 AT Milage:1642.3 Last night before I fell asleep, I watched an episode of The Office. I figured out how to download episodes on Netflix so I can watch them offline and it was so nice to have in my tent! It poured rain allContinueContinue reading “Day 141: Taking it easy”

Day 139 – Driving back to the trail Day 140 Route 9 (Bennington) to Black Brook Miles Hiked: 21.6 AT Milage: 1634.4 On Saturday my parents drove me from Ohio to Bennington, VT. We stopped at Niagra Falls for a quick visit on the way. It was really pretty but insanely busy because of theContinueContinue reading “Day 139-140: Last one to Katahdin Wins”

Zeros in Ohio (Read the last two posts to understand how I got to here) I was really really upset that I needed to come home. Leaving the trail when I was so close to the end wasn’t easy at all. How could I make it this far and not finish? It seemed like aContinueContinue reading “Day 116-120: Getting My Foot Cut Open (Literally)”

I woke up at Two Sticks house and I spent the day hanging out with the group of us plus Sunshine who was taking a zero at their house yesterday too. We did various things such as going to a diner for breakfast and visiting the Japanese Spa that Two Sticks’s family owns and hasContinueContinue reading “Day 114 and 115: A Double Zero in Mass and VT.”