Miles hiked: 9.62 in 4:11
Start: Wawayanda Shelter, NY
Finish: Route 17A, Greenwood Lake, NY
Elevation gain: 1,401'
My hiking companion for the last four days, Newton, leads the way. He is from Iowa, so the steep rocky hills are training for him.
And now New Jersey is history.
Just one of many short steep rock faces we climbed today.
Ken and I opted to stay in Greenwood Lake so that we could shower, enjoy a good meal and resupply. Greenwood Lake is a hiker-friendly town; when I asked a cop, who was grabbing lunch at Subway, if it was illegal to hitchhike in New York, he said, "Yes, but what we don't see, didn't happen." Turns out that his sister is hiking the AT, so I knew we were fine to hitchhike. LOL
The next morning, we walked into town from the Breezy Point Inn and caught breakfast at a diner and then crossed the street to thumb up to NY17A--we had a ride to the trail head withing five minutes. Nice.
Route from my Suunto.
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