Today's Miles:
21.90
Trip Miles:
1455.80
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| Stile and silo |
The plan was to hike into Gaylordsville to meet Amy. I got there early
and one of the south bound section hikers I had met two days ago was
driving by. He stopped and offered me a ride to town. When we got there,
we saw that it was a quiet little town with nowhere to hang out until
Amy got there, so he took me back to the trail. He had hiked the next
section just a few days ago and he said it was a pretty easy hike over a
small rise to Bulls Bridge Road where there was a tavern, so I kept
going. Thanks for the ride!
Earlier in the day I had hiked around
Nuclear Lake. It had been the site of a private firm working with bomb
grade plutonium. After a leak there, the plant was shut down and they
took the land to create a recreation area. Only in America. I know
they've cleaned it up, but it's a little disconcerting.
Later
there was a long boardwalk over a swampy, reed covered area. The reeds
were over six feet high. It was a nice walk through there with some
benches to sit on and two wooden chairs, one marked Maine and one
Georgia. The boardwalk ended at the Appalachian Trail Railroad Station. I
got some trail magic there from a commuter rail worker. Thanks for the
water and snacks!
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| Footbridge near Poughquag, NY |
There were other north bounders there. People
other than those I met yesterday. We didn't talk much and I headed out
for Bulls Bridge while they went to a store near the RR Station. I went
up through another section of farmland which I always like. A bit of a
climb, then an easy descent to the Ten Mile River Shelter and shortly
after, Bulls Bridge Road.
A one lane road through a beautiful
covered bridge led me to the Bulls Bridge Inn. What a nice,
hiker-friendly place. I thought, when I first got there, that maybe
they'd be a bit too high class for my smelly old self, but they couldn't
have been nicer. They showed me where I could stow my bag and where I
could plug in my phone. I said I might be around for awhile waiting for
Amy and they said no problem. I got myself a Long Trail and something to
eat [and a couple more Long Trails] and waited for Amy to get me. A
zero tomorrow then back to the trail. Life is good
Bye For Now.
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| The boardwalk |
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| Boardwalk chair; Georgia |
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| Boardwalk chair; Maine |
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| High grasses along the boardwalk |
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| Cool bridge support |
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| Dover Oak, Pawling, NY; over 300 years old, and 20+ feet in circumference |
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| Entering CT |
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| Nice note |
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| Stone walls remind me of home |
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