Day 102, miles today - 19.7, total - 1,433.6

June 27, 2013

Dennytown Road Campsite to Morgan Stewart Shelter.

I woke up this morning at 6:00. It stormed overnight. It rained really hard. My tent is very minimal, but overall it did okay. Moxie, B-Rocket and I were on trail at about 7:30.

The trail this morning was pretty good. We had several nice views.

After about eleven miles we stopped for a lunch break at the RPH Shelter. As I was entering the shelter area someone at the shelter said "is that Blazer". As I got closer I saw  Calamity Jane standing at the door of the shelter. Bane was there also. This shelter is a cabin and is very close to a road. 

There was a sign that said that a pizza place would deliver to the shelter. The three of us decided we would order pizza and soft drinks. We discussed for fifteen minutes what we should order. B-Rocket called to place our order. After telling the person what we wanted and where to deliver it, the person said they didn't deliver until after 4:00 pm. So much for pizza.

I had two peanut butter and Nutella sandwiches, two cinnamon rolls,and a package of cheese crackers. Calamity Jane and Bane had been feeling sick and were talking about going to see a doctor in the next town.

At 4:30 we got to the road crossing at NY 52. There was a deli 0.4 miles to the east. We had less than four miles to the shelter. We decided to stop at the deli for dinner. We left our packs behind some brush and walked to the deli. They had a sandwich called Appalachian Trail Blazer. I had to get it. It was good! We were able to fill our water bottles at the side of the store.

The last 3.9 miles was pretty easy. While we were on a very short road walk a guy in a pickup stopped to talk to us. He offered us bottled water. At that time we didn't really need the water, and once we drank them we would have to carry the empty bottles. But, he offered, so we excepted and thanked him.  Just as we re-entered the woods there was a case of water and a garbage container. We each drank some water and put the empties in the garbage.

                                                  Moxie                                                    B-Rocket

I took a picture of a rock wall that was deep in the woods. It's been  common to see rock walls, about three feet tall, built for unknown reasons. Some of them are pretty long and are in hilly terrain. I feel for whoever had to move all of those rocks.

We got to the shelter at 7:45. We are the only ones here. B-Rocket and I sat our tents up in the shelter to protect us from the insects and any rain.