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Day: |
070 |
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Date: |
Friday, 11 July 1986 |
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Start: |
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Finish: |
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Daily
AT Miles: |
13.9 |
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Daily Other Miles |
0 |
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Total
AT Miles: |
1361.5 |
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Total All Miles |
1403.2 |
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Weather: |
Warm, humid, mostly cloudy. |
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Accommodation: |
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Nutrition: |
Breakfast: Cereal, eggs, toast.
Lunch:
Biscuits and peanut butter.
Dinner: Macaroni cheese, instant
pudding. |
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Aches: |
Feet a bit sore, right knee sore. |
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Animals Seen: |
Many deer, 2 fawns, squirrels, chipmunks,
small snake, grouse. |
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People Seen: |
18 overnight hikers, 1 day hiker, many
others. |
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Pictures: |
Here |
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GPS Track: |
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Journal: |
Got up at 8am and, after a shower and
Pam-cooked breakfast, said good-bye to Pam and Aidan and left with
Gordon at 9:20am. It was sad to be leaving so soon. Another day off
would have been nice and I think nthey would have liked me to
stay. Anyway, it’s good to know they’ll be moving to Melbourne to
live next March. Gordon drove me to the spot near Arden at the
entrance to Harriman State Park where I left the AT on Wednesday
night. I started walking at 10:15am on a much more pleasant
(cooler) day than recently. That, plus my feet feeling improved and
a day’s rest, had me in good spirits as I negotiated the gentle
grades and occasional rocky bluffs of the Park. There was little
undergrowth and spring-like growth on the trees as well as evidence
of gypsy moth. It was pleasant forest. I only planned to do 12
miles so that tomorrow night I would arrive at GraymoorMonastery. I
stopped for lunch at 1pm then pressed on to the William Brian
Shelter, where I planned to spend the night, arriving at
4:30pm. Unfortunately, the water well was dry and I had little, ,
so ended up pressing on another few miles and stopping by a pleasant
stream in a lovely spot at about 6:10pm. En route, the Trail passed
over Black Mountain and I got superb views of the Hudson River which
I will cross tomorrow – a landmark. I had time for a leisurely
dinner though time was spent boiling suspect water for tomorrow’s
breakfast. I went to bed soon after 9pm after a relaxing day. |
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