After departing Portsmouth on Rt1 I headed towards the towns of North Hampton, Hampton, and Hampton Falls with an eye towards making it to the Massacusetts state line. I did not anticipate running into the Eastern Trial again but low and behold I did!….sort of. As I was headed down the road I noticed an old train bed and then saw a couple bike riders riding on the loose gravel…so I broke out my phone map and sure enough there was the old train line headed in the same direction that I needed to go…so off road I went. This part of the path is clearly NOT yet officially open, but it was in pretty good shape and got me off road for the better part of the day. Unfortunately, about nine miles in if just sort of stopped in the middle of a dense forrest. Luckily, I hacked my way in the direction of the sounds of trucks in the distance and after about half an hour I climbed back into Rt1. With the day wining down I neared the state line, but no favorable options for motels or campgrounds were in sight so as dusk began to settle in I crossed the state line and found a gypsy sight in a meadow about 100 yards off the road and out of sight. I got my tent set up with about ten minutes to spare.