We finally left Unionville, NY this morning. Butch gave us a ride to the trailhead and wouldn’t accept money for his gas or time. Not Bad called Druid and found out that he was only five miles behind us so we decided to wait for him to arrive. I finished reading A Clockwork Orange. I […]
Archives for 2014
Zero Day in Unionville New York – AT Thru-Hike Day 93
Location: Unionville, NY People visited the small park early this morning so we decided to force ourselves out of bed before making too bad of an impression if we had not already after last night. Many motorcycles roared by the park. The exhausts sounded like automatic weapons being fired in closed space. My head throbbed […]
Lost and Wandering into a Unionville Bar at Midnight – AT Thru-Hike Day 92
Location: Unionville, NY We lounged around the church hostel most of the day. The homeless families woke up at 6:00am and completed chores assigned by the church and then left for work or school. We were allowed back in the hostel after 7:30am. I went in first, having been woken up by the morning traffic. […]
Hiking into Jersey, Sleeping in the Church – AT Thru-Hike Day 91
Location: St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Vernon, NJ Last night I was run out of the shelter by a section hiker’s snoring. At around 1:30am, I decided that I had had enough of the old man’s noise. For 10 minutes or so, I had been making noise to try to wake him up or get him […]
Last Day Hike in New York – AT Thru-Hike Day 90
Location: Unknown Shelter I feel all right after a 20 mile day. The day was fairly uneventful. I didn’t go to town for lunch and I didn’t meet anyone new. I spent last night in the shelter with Bonefish, Druid, and Not Bad. Tonight, it’s the same crowd except the rain has stopped falling. I […]
Another Thru-Hiker Drops off the Trail – AT Thru-Hike Day 89
Location: Unnamed Shelter South of Ft. Montgomery I slept until 9:45am. I would have slept later, but we had to check out of the Bear Mountain Bridge Motel by 11:00am. I took a hot shower when I first woke up. I miss daily hot showers. I ate a couple bacon, egg, and cheese bagels at […]
Bear Mountain New York on the Appalachian Trail – AT Thru-Hike Day 88
Location: Bear Mountain Motel Labor Day. Bears and I were slow to leave the park this morning though we had a hotel room waiting for us at the end of the day. I had stayed awake until midnight last night reading A Clockwork Orange. We left the park around 9:15am. We walked highway 301 for […]
Plays With Bears Struggles with the Thru-Hike Lifestyle – AT Thru-Hike Day 87
Location: Fahnestock State Park Ernest didn’t deposit as much rain as many forecasts predicted, but it delivered on promises of high wind. For most of last night, the wind swirled loudly through the trees. It never blew from one direction for too long before blowing from another. Acorns and branches pelted the tin roof of […]
Tropical Storm Approaching in the AT – AT Thru-Hike Day 86
Location: Unknown Shelter We got a decent start form the shelter this morning as we set out on a twenty mile day. The rain fell hard last night and stopped early this morning. After a quick Pop-Tart breakfast, Bears and I left the shelter. The wind blew hard all day. Acorns and leaves fell all […]
Violent Man Lurking on the Appalachian Trail – AT Thru-Hike Day 85
Location: Ten Mile Shelter Our timetable was delayed slightly today. We only hiked 16 miles because we spent three hours in Kent, CT. Also, we didn’t get out of the lean-to this morning until 9:00am. We stayed awake late last night and when we finally fell asleep, a train woke us. Bears and I reached […]