We didn’t get out of the doctor’s office until almost lunchtime today, but the important thing is we emerged with an almost clean bill of health, and his blessing to resume our northward hike. Thanks to X’s excellent nursing, the doctor said the abscess on N’s back looked 85% better than it did when we were in last Friday. He said to finish the round of Cephalexin he had prescribed, and keep the incision filled with Neosporin and covered with a band aide until it was healed. This was certainly good news, and a major relief for both of us.

Although the hiking day was half gone, we decided we could at least cover the distance from West Cornwall to Falls Village in the early afternoon hours. This section of the trail is not too demanding and with the return of sunshine, it was great weather for walking the AT.

Highlights for our brief day included looking down on the noisy race cars at Lime Rock Park, and walks both along and over the Housatonic River. Corinne Levy met us at the parking lot near the hydro plant to take us back for another restful night, a great home-cooked meal and to give N’s back another session in her hot tub. N’s back is much appreciative at being able to ease on into the hiking routine.

We met some new NOBO thru-hikers: GOMan, Spring (from Germany), Crocadilly (from the UK) and Papa Wolf in addition to crossing paths with EMT again fresh off several town days. Just that quick, we are under 700 miles to go…