July 1, 2018 Day
271
This morning we got up and after some breakfast began
picking things up to get back on the road.
It was a beautiful day and we didn’t have a clear destination in mind
since I didn’t want to deal with looking things up anymore. However, he didn’t seem to have the same mind
of just flowing with what happens so I then spent more time on my phone looking
up hikes. I picked some random hike and we
headed toward the Catskills Mountains about two hours away. The drive there was pretty pleasant.
The hike I had settled on was the Wittenburg Cornell slide
trail which was a 4.8-mile loop near Branch, New York. The hike kind of sucked for I was breathing
so hard and moving so slow I could feel my heart pounding in my head which gave
me a migraine. It was all uphill and
Jason had to keep waiting for me so I felt like I was slowing him down. Then when we made it to the top the view was
blocked by trees. Going down was
somewhat better for we played the animal guessing game I used to always play as
a child on the long rides to Chicago where I would catch the plane to
Florida. When the downhill turned from
soft forest floor to rocks my knee started acting up again but I was able to
push through. The hike which was
supposed to be 4.8 miles somehow turned into 6.8 miles so I don’t know if
Strava really is accurate.
Upon finishing the hike I was soaking wet with sweat and had
an ice cream bar, that was so freaking good, before hitting the road. From the trail parking we just started
driving to hit a RV dump to get rid of our waste. It took a while but we finally found one for
$6.00. The day was winding down to be a
beautiful one. I did not have cell
service but thankfully Jason did and using one of his free camping sites he was
able to find us a spot to park at for the evening. The drive to the site was quite interesting
for there were so many amazing and unique houses. Every house or cabin was unique and cute in
its own way that it was difficult to decide on which side of the road to look
at. We drove through a very hip town
where we talked about stopping but didn’t.
We saw a porcupine on the road and baby hooded mergansers frolicking in
the bubbly stream full of fly fisherman.
It was all quite enjoyable. Once
we were parked we showered, ate and watched a movie.
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