Day: |
073 |
Date: |
Monday, 14 July 1986 |
Start: |
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Finish: |
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Daily
AT Miles: |
26.8 |
Daily Other Miles |
0.2 (spring). |
Total
AT Miles: |
1420.0 |
Total All Miles |
1464.8 |
Weather: |
Warm, partly cloudy. |
Accommodation: |
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Nutrition: |
Breakfast: Muesli, health drink. Lunch:
Tuna salad roll, donuts, ice-cream. Dinner: Broccoli soup,
stuffed cabbage, ice-cream. |
Aches: |
4th toe on left foot sore and right lower
back. |
Animals Seen: |
Deer, groundhogs, squirrels, chipmunks. |
People Seen: |
2 AT Thru-hikers, 2 AT Hikers (southbound
by sections), 4 overnight hikers, many others. |
Pictures: |
Here |
GPS Track: |
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Journal: |
Got up at 5:30am and left at 7am on a
beautiful sunny morning with a big day ahead. Everything was wet
from rain and it was cool in the forest though promising to warm
up. The Trail was fairly easy going through the forest following
ridges. After nine miles (some of which seemed a bit long), I
reached Morgan Stewart Shelter and met “Timber Jack” and
“Professional Radical” (Carol) together with two young couples who I
think they were travelling with for two days. They were only having
breakfast, having had a late rowdy night. They were very friendly
and I’ll probably see them again after my planned day off at
Jayne’s. I left and moved on 4˝ miles to NY 55 where there was a
large grocery. I didn’t need any provisions, but went in to get
some lunch and came out with a big tuna salad “hero” (roll), two
donuts, a pint of ice-cream, a pint of chocolate milk and a can of
Coke, all of which I consumed sitting on the pavement watching the
world go by – one of my favourite occupations. At 2pm, I set off
for NY 22, 7˝ miles away. The first 3˝ were quite pleasant
road-walking (as had the last 1˝ miles to NY 55). Apparently the
National Parks Service have purchased an old nuclear reactor site
nearby (where there had been an accident) to re-route the Trail, but
there was local opposition to that and the compulsory acquisition of
other necessary land. After the road, the Trail again went through
nice forest and across some attractive farmland before reaching NY
22 and the Quality Ridge Inn. I reached there at 4:45pm, and dinner
wasn’t served until 5:30pm but, with 6 miles to go to the Shelter, I
thought I could afford the time. I spent a pleasant 1˝ hours
sitting at the bar, drinking Coke, talking, eating and watching
TV. Before leaving, I called Jayne and confirmed a 6:30pm pick-up
at Cornwall Bridge tomorrow night. The six miles passed relatively
easily (my feet are in much better shape) and I arrived at Wiley
Shelter at 8:30pm. A southbound by sections AT Hiker was in
residence and possibly asleep. I set up camp, had a wash and retired
at 9pm, updating the diary by torchlight before going to sleep. |
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