Day: |
065 |
Date: |
Sunday, 6 July 1986 |
Start: |
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Finish: |
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Daily
AT Miles: |
24.6 |
Daily Other Miles |
0.2 (shelter) |
Total
AT Miles: |
1282.7 |
Total All Miles |
1321.3 |
Weather: |
Hot, humid, hazy. |
Accommodation: |
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Nutrition: |
Breakfast: Eggs, toast. Lunch: Biscuits
and peanut butter. Dinner: Macaroni cheese, chocolate pudding. |
Aches: |
Pain next to right big toe. |
Animals Seen: |
Deer, chipmunks, squirrels. |
People Seen: |
1 AT Thru-hiker, 8 overnight hikers, 8 day
hikers, many others. |
Pictures: |
Here |
GPS Track: |
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Journal: |
Got up at 6:30am and left the Hostel at
7:10am, saying good-bye to Steve (?) and Verna. I first went to a
phone box and called Barb who was unexpectedly home, and we had a
good chat for about 20 minutes. I then walked up the road a little
way to Hilda’s cottage to return the Hostel key and she made good on
her promise to cook me breakfast. She was obviously a talented lady
– writing and painting – but seemed to be in poor health. We had a
good chat while I ate and she showed me the baby skunk she was
raising – cute. I left at 8:10am and crossed the Delaware River
into New Jersey, optimistic that things were on the up despite the
very hot day forecast. I stopped at the Visitor Centre in the
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area that Barb and I had
visited in the rain last October on our way to New York and finished
off a bottle of Pepsi I was carrying. I then set out up the Trail
which was well-travelled and easy walking for the four miles to the
attractive glacial lake, Sunfish Pond. From there, the Trail
degenerated into the same old Pennsylvania rocky Trail. The going
was slow and hot. After another few hours, I reached Rattlesnake
Spring and met Jerry from Ohio who was an AT Thru-hiker and having
trouble getting going again after a four-day lay-off with his
parents and girlfriend. I was like a godsend to him and he attached
himself to me. A likeable guy, but I hope he doesn’t plan to walk
with me the whole way to Maine. The remainder of the day was spent
trekking along a low rocky ridge in high heat and humidity with
occasional views marred by the haze. Near the end of the day, the
former blister between the big and second toes on my right foot
began to hurt a lot. I limped in the last few miles to Brinks Road
Shelter and arrived at 7:15pm. It was very hot with mozzies around
so we both erected our same tents (you can sleep with no clothes on
in the tent!). After a hurried dinner, I got to bed at 9:00pm and
spent time on my diary and re-reading letters before lights out at
9:30pm. |
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