{"id":856,"date":"2014-07-16T20:01:25","date_gmt":"2014-07-17T00:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hnatow.com\/wordpress-happytrails\/?p=856"},"modified":"2014-07-16T20:01:25","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T00:01:25","slug":"day-92-near-rutherford-shelter-to-mile-1348-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hnatow.com\/happytrails\/?p=856","title":{"rendered":"Day 92 – near Rutherford Shelter to mile 1348.7"},"content":{"rendered":"

We had some heavy rain overnight again, but stayed nice and dry. The skies were threatening again in the morning, but it blew out and it turned into a great day for hiking. The trail was a bit easier and less rocky today also, so that was a nice change of pace. That combination of positive factors and also a few days of getting back into the groove made today just a lot nicer overall. <\/p>\n

In the morning, we went past High Point in Jersey. <\/p>\n

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High Point Monument <\/p><\/div>\n

We hiked through a lot of low lying swamp areas, also. A lot of it had boards over it to protect the swamp. <\/p>\n

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Swamp hiking <\/p><\/div>\n

The trail made its way up to the NJ \/ NY border and headed east. We went into Unionville, NY to grab maildrop #9 and some lunch. The pizza was pretty good. I have to say pizza in the north is way better than in the south. It’s just an indisputable and proven scientific fact. <\/p>\n

After lunch, we made our way back out. We traversed through a protected bird area called the Wallkill preserve. It was reedy and swampy. I had a few glimpses of herons I think, but they were too far away to get a good picture.<\/p>\n

Then we climbed up Pochuck Mountain, a short but steep climb. <\/p>\n

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View from Pochuck. The preserve is visible in the valley and High Point is in the background on the mountain range. <\/p><\/div>\n

We camped about a mile or two from Pochuck near a little stream. There is some kind of youth camp pretty near here making a racket. Quiet down, you damn kids!! <\/p>\n

Vital stats :<\/strong>
\nMiles hiked today – 19
\nMood – improved
\nPhysical state – good, not pushing as hard before Duncannon
\nSmell – worse than Bon Jovi’s armpits after a double encore of Dead Or Alive and Living On A Prayer
\nSong stuck in my head – I’m Free by The Rolling Stones<\/p>\n

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