PCT 2018 Day 82, July 13, Friday
Start mile 1904.1, trail junction with Shelter Cove Trail
End mile 1935.8, campsite near small lake
Miles walked: 31.7
Many lakes and ponds today.
Mosquitos were so relentless that I needed to wear a headnet nearly all day. 
A flotilla of ducklings go out on a lake.
A nordic ski hut gives temporary refuge from skeeters.
A burn area with new growth makes patterns for the eyes with snags and downed trees.
For the last several miles of the day, I passed several lakes and ponds, with mosquitos getting aggressive. Eventually I need to put on a windbreaker for extra bite protection, and did end the day a little early just to retreat inside a tent with good insect netting.
Finished audiobook The Age of Innocence, by Edith Wharton, read by Brenda Dayne.
No, just more green tunnel. Why the name? The path does go by a number of lakes and ponds. 
Closer to the end, the forest looks different. Can you spot the change? 
Answer: Much more moss on the trees. I do not have a theory for the change.
Magic Beans does not stay, but I have planned to get a tent site and shower and do laundry. But my supply box has not arrived. Luckily, it comes at the 6PM UPS delivery. Wifi is slow, yet again, so almost no podcasts can be downloaded even with hours of attempts and multiple timeouts. The Cove does have a hiker tent nearby with good hiker boxes of free stuff, and a microwave, which I use to heat water for meals and tea. Spacejam arrives later in the afternoon, and I meet Jake, Socrates, Allison, Bryan, Scrappy, Nalgene, and TwoSpeed.
