August 3, 2017.  Hiking Day Five.  Cabot Cabin to Stark, NH 16.3 miles with about 700 feet of elevation gain We slept reasonably well for three people who were really thirsty.  Cabot Cabin is insulated, so we barely needed our sleeping bags; the temperature in the cabin is comfortable and not cold during New Hampshire's mountain summer nights.  I remember waking up and seeing flashes of lightning through the windows but hearing no thunder, so if storms came through the general area they were either super quick or far away. We roused ourselves soon after dawn and packed up.  I check my Nalgene outside -- dry dry dry.  :(   The girls and I had a liter and a half of water left.  We split the half liter between the three of us and decided we would wait until we reached Unknown Pond to eat breakfast so we could simultaneously eat and drink to our heart's content. We visited Cabot's true summit before snapping a photo with the not-so-true...

Route 115A, Route 2, Starr King Trail, Kilkenny Ridge Trail About 15.4 miles with about 6500 feet of elevation gain This was a long and arduous day.  It started with an unfortunate Mom moment when I lost my temper right before we left at 4:45am over a piece of missing vital gear.  The gear was found but it was one of those negative family times when everyone's mad at each other...hey, it happens.  I do hope I didn't wake up Priscilla and Renny -- we had told them not to get up extra early for us (we were leaving a couple of hours before their usual breakfast serving time).  The nice couple didn't deserve to have to start their day by listening to some other family's argument. The extremely important missing piece of gear was found right before we left, thank goodness, but we were all grumpy from our family drama as we walked up Route 115A to the intersection with Route 2. We reached Route 2 and entered the corner store.  We know thi...