Ready for departure..

Time to say goodbye to Freight Train for now. He was dropped off at the bus station 4 weeks to the day that we had traveled on and off together. Have a great time visiting New York and Fire Island this weekend.

What a way to kick off week 8 with a Contra dance

Sure it looks like fun at first but it took Soup Mix about 3 hours of juggling bus schedules for the 3 different buses and 5 hours, including lay overs to do it. The pay off, we got to Contra for three hours with an awesome bunch of people and it was Freight Train's first time. He had fun.

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Taking a look at week 7

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A blast from the past..

Frogmonkey has been keeping tabs on these new long distance hikers. I'd forgotten about these pictures being taken by her. Moxie and Frogmonkey thru hiked in 2014 and we met them on our first day while they were out for a weekend hike for a few miles. They still had quite a pace to keep up with.

Frogmonkey

Knotty Boy Soup Mix and Moxie

It was still quite cold the next morning. Freezing rain collected on the edges of our tarp the night before.

Location Day 48 June 11, 2015

41.564640,  -73,691673
We are staying at Morgan Stewart Memorial Shelter. We covered 9 miles today of nice trail even if it was a bit uphill.   Tomorrow we are going to Pawling then trying to find a ride to a bus stop that will take us to Woodstock, New York for a contra dance on Saturday.

(editor's comment: Dave & Heather are about 45 years too late for Woodstock.)

Location 47 June 10, 2015

41.514244,  -73.792458
Staying at the RPH Cabin.  Hiked 5 miles to get here.

Location Day 46 June 9, 2015

41.465950, -73.822853
Staying at the Clarence Fahnestock Park Campsite.   15 miles today,  glad to be at camp.