Day 110 – Gren Anderson Shelter to Unionville NJ

“I’ll never be your beast of burden

My back is broad but it’s a-hurting

All I want for you to make love to me

I’ll never be your beast of burden

I’ve walked for miles, my feet are hurting

All I want for you to make love to me” – The Rolling Stones 

Up at 6:15. Out of camp at 7:30.

It’s very humid out here today. Heat index is mid 90s.

Stopped at Sunrise Mountain for a snack at 6:45. Topped off water at a small water cache at the parking lot for Sunrise Mountain.

Stopped at Mashipacong Shelter at 10:30 and 5.8 miles. Excellent water cache.

We have 6.6 miles to High Point state park where we will stop for lunch and to dry clothes from last night.

Stopped at High Point State Park NJ at 1:50. Dried out clothes, filled up water, and got soda from vending machine. Woo hoo! Hung with the extended tramily for about 30 minutes. They went to the beach to swim and we went to the observation tower and high point monument. 8.8 miles to Unionville.

Nice water cache and Gatorade and snacks at mile 16.2 Ferguson Road. Topped off on liquids and had a snack. 3.2 miles to go to the general store in Unionville. Hope to be there about 7:30.

We got to the Unionville General Store at 7:20. Registered to camp behind town hall and got Dr Peppers. Great little store! Pizza place is right across the street from town hall and the tavern is one block away. Set up tents and got cleaned up before walking across the street to the pizza shop at 8:00. Had dinner with the extended tramily. Good food and lots of it!

It’s really cool that town lets us pitch tents behind the town hall and provides a porta potty, water faucet, and a nice gazebo for sitting. Thanks Unionville NJ!

Very humid again tonight and a chance of rain, so I must use my rain fly, which means even more humid. My little USB powered fan will be a life saver tonight. God I love that thing!!! In bed at 10:00.

Technical Notes:

• Pop tarts 270
• Brownie 170
• Oookies 400
• Cookies 240
• Cookies 240
• Skittles 75
• Snickers 250
• Soda 150
• Zero sugar sausage 120
• Skittles 75
• Peanut butter crackers 200
• Trail mix 270
• Doritos 150
• Gatorade 80
• Peanut butter crackers 200
• Root beer x3 750
• Veal parm 1400
• Hot wings x7 490
• Water liters 6
• Miles 20
• Time 12
• Elevation gain 2416
• Calories consumed 5600
• Calories burned 7500