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Day: |
064 |
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Date: |
Saturday, 5 July 1986 |
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Start: |
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Finish: |
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Daily
AT Miles: |
6.5 |
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Daily Other Miles |
2.0 (around town) |
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Total
AT Miles: |
1258.1 |
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Total All Miles |
1296.5 |
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Weather: |
Hot, humid, hazy. |
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Accommodation: |
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Nutrition: |
Breakfast: Muesli, eggs, sausages.
Lunch: Turkey sandwich, ice-cream.
Dinner: Chicken, vegetables,
ice-cream. |
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Aches: |
Pain next to big toe on right foot. |
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Animals Seen: |
Squirrels, chipmunks. |
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People Seen: |
5 overnight hikers, 2 day hikers, many
others. |
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Pictures: |
Here |
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GPS Track: |
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Journal: |
I got up at 5:30am and left at about 6:50am
for the 6˝ miles into Delaware Water Gap. I passed a few other
campers in the first few miles and then began descending into the
Delaware Water Gap with good views over the Delaware River and its
gorge en route. It was already warm and obviously going to be a hot
day. The Trail improved as it became one used by day hikers to get
to the look-outs. Just before Delaware Water Gap it passed a
beautiful lily pond. Delaware Water Gap turned out to be a pretty,
historic, art and craft town nestled amongst the hills. I found the
Presbyterian Church and its Hostel underneath straight away and
checked it out. Very good – shower, lounge, dormitory, radio,
fridge, clean towels and nobody in residence. I went down to the
Post Office and collected my mail and met Hilda, the elderly
volunteer caretaker for the Hostel. She soon turned up at the
Hostel with a key for me to use. I went to a café and had a second
breakfast while reading my mail, including a letter from Syntec (my
former employer) offering me an attractive three-year contract for
when I returned to Australia, two letters from Barb and one from
Pam. After breakfast, I bought groceries and returned to the
Hostel. I decided against the 40 minute bus trip to Stroudsburg and
did my laundry by hand. Back at the cool Hostel, I wrote a letter
to Barb, did the laundry, and then went to a nearby pub for lunch at
2pm. There was baseball on the TV, but the place was noisy and
smoky so I returned to the Hostel after lunch and launched into
writing a stack of postcards after ringing my cousin, Gordon, and
informing him of my impending arrival in his neighbourhood. During
the evening an AT Thru-hiker and his girlfriend turned up – they had
hitched back after a week hiking north together. We chatted a
while. At 10:30pm I rang Marj, then retired at 11pm. A pleasant
relaxing day. Tried to ring Barb without luck a couple of times. |
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