Day 30: Trail Magic all day!

I hiked a whopping 6.4 miles from Ft. Montgomery, NY to the Graymoor monestary on July 9. The night before ended at a motel in Ft. Montgomery, where I shared a room with Z, the Romanian, and Early Bear and Lil Dipper also split a room. I had met all of them at a pub in town after descending Bear Mountain.

At Graymoor, Samwise and the Babes in Boots group [the twins plus Half Moon and Sunbeam and Squeegie] did some trail magic, along with Samwise's mom.

Samwise left the trail in Duncannon. He has rejoined it as of today, July 13, in Kent, Conn.

They made a cake:














The day was one long hiker picnic, with hot dogs, Yeunglings, channe massala [Indian vegetarian dish since Samwise is vegan] and a bulgar wheat dish, cherries, yadda yadda yadda. Chance and I triumphed over Early Bear and Lil Dipper in Euchre, the game of Ohio.

Next morning, the landscaper came by on his lawnmower at about 8 a.m.














[The pavilion at Graymoor monestary in New York, July 10. Chance in foreground, Half Moon in background.]