Day 116 – Fort Montgomery to Dennytown Road

“Some folks like to get away

Take a holiday from the neighborhood

Hop a flight to Miami Beach or to Hollywood

But I’m takin’ a Greyhound on the Hudson River line

I’m in a New York state of mind” – Billy Joel

Up at 7:30. It’s raining and 65 degrees. It will rain on and off all day. We are going to road walk 2 miles to the zoo at 9:00 with a stop at Dunkin’ Donuts to get coffee. Then we will cross the Hudson. Overall, 18 miles today. This is not going to be a fun day.

Not in a great mental place today. The weather is going to suck for 4 days and we have a long wet day ending with tenting in a field this evening. Yuck.

Left the motel at 9:05. 

Awesome picture of the Bear Mountain Bridge over the Hudson River in the fog.

Hiked through the zoo. The trail runs right through the zoo as illustrated by the white blazes in the zoo gate.

We crossed the Hudson River around 10:30. 

YouTube video walking across the Hudson River.

Now we climb that in the rain!

Stopped at 11:40 for second breakfast. Back on trail at noon. 

Reached the Appalachian Deli at 1:45. Got a big lunch and 2 full days of resupply (ramen, propel, Pop Tarts, trail mix). I’ll also grab a sandwich to go for dinner. Back on trail at 2:45. Still have 8.5 miles to go.

Stopped for a break and to fill up water at 4:30. Trail angles provided fresh water and chairs!

Got to camp about 7:40. Sunset is at 8:05 these days. Got set up in the rain quickly, and my tent is dry. Yey! With the rain and overcast, it was dark by 8:15. Gotta start planning the days better.

Glad I got a takeaway sandwich. Not in the mood to cook in the rain and dark.

Tomorrow will be interesting. We have 20 miles planned, but it’s supposed to rain all day. That impacts things physically and mentally. I need to work on some bailout plans for tomorrow.

Today was a good day after all. Did not rain till late in the day, but the overcast kept temps low. Good deli mid-day, and starting the day with the zoo and the Hudson bridge crossing was super cool!  Need more days like today. That ain’t happening for at least 72 hours due to hurricane Debbie 🙁

In bed at 10:30.

Technical Notes:

• Mini donuts 700
• Body armor lyte 25
• Donut 300 coffee 75
• Mini donuts 600
• Body armor lyte 25
• Hot dogs x2 600
• Wings x6 300
• Body armor lyte 25
• Hershey bar 360
• Skittles 150
• Ham n cheese sandwich 700
• Fritos 350
• Water liters 3
• Miles 15 + 2
• Time 9:45
• Elevation gain 3434
• Calories consumed 4750
• Calories burned 6500