Appalachian Trail Day 93

Day 93, 05-31-01

Delaware Water Gap – Blue Mountain Lakes Road

17.8 miles, AT – 1291.5 11350 Feet

9:10 AM 4:30 PM

Pete was a little late getting up. I packed in no time and we hit the road. No Starbucks for me, the weren’t open at 4:45 AM. Pete dropped me off around 6 something. I then went to breakfast with Tangent, Moonshower, and Barbara. Mukwa showed up later.

The Post Office didn’t open till 8:30 AM so I took a nap. A bunch of people hit the trail while I waited.

Appalachian Trail Day 93 - DWG - Blue Mountain Lakes Road

Sun Fish Pond

When I got to Sunfish Pond, the first glacial pond, Tangent, Hatman, Happyfeet, Moonshower, Anduleia & Mukwa were building rock towers on the shore. I built one that was about 7 feet high when it was done it fell over 5 minutes later. I did a few imitations of Rambo and Val Kilmer with my shirt off. They all got a kick out of it. It was then off to a rocky mountaintop for lunch. We got snacks from a bunch of old guys. They said we missed two bald eagles flirting with each other by a half-hour. After that I went on alone and took a nap, while waiting for them to show up. Almost everyone from Leroy Smith is here. We’re all tented in a field. Anduleia just found a tick, so Im going to check myself. EZ-Glider found out he’s got Lyme disease. He’s on Meds.

My feet still hurt but yesterday helped a lot.

Sun Fish Pond

I almost forgot about my run in with momma turkey. There was six of us in a line. The first three blew right by a bunch of tiny baby turkeys. Hatman & Happyfeet stopped and said look baby ducks? while looking at me the bird guy. I started to follow the chicks and all of a sudden momma turkey pops up and comes running right at me! She scared the crap out of me. I never saw her. I called to Hatman for help as I backed up quickly. She backed down when I was far enough away. To say the least, it was a first.

Scatman 2011- It was good to be with the group again even though I had to wait for the post office. I didn’t think I’d be camping with the big group again but I did. The ticks would only get worse from here on out. Lucky for me I had HappyFeet to check my back. We were like monkeys checking each other for buys at camp. The hiking itself was enjoyable with less rocks and easier walking.

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Scatman

Get out there!