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We limply arrived in Pawling, NY yesterday in early evening. We experienced 4 days out of 5 days with wet weather. Cane fell down many times due to the wet condition on the trail. At nights, it was cold to sleep. *sigh* Our beloved mobile Trail Angel, Paul E. came up via train and got off at AT train station in Pawling, NY to visit us today and tomorrow. It is really good to see and chat with him! We plan to resume our hiking this Monday toward Salisbury, CT for next 5 days or so. There may be another wet weather. UGH. Wish us the best luck to stay in one piece and get through. Sorry to keep this message short since the library closes in 5 minutes. Until next time, folks!
PS Bear Jew and Rockpuncher – The steps at the Bear Mountain and RPH shelter rock!
Hello folks! As we were creeping up our way to the Bear Mountain in Hudson Valley of the state of New York, we are going to hike from Bear Mountain by crossing Bear Mountain bridge over Hudson River toward Pawling, New York. My right knee is still hurting, but becoming less hurting and swollen as the time goes by. We were limited to short day hiking(between 1 to 7 miles a day) last week. I went to see my doctor last Friday and had MRI done to make sure there is no any tearing in my right knee. My doctor suspected that there may be no tearing involved, however I will get the result from MRI this week. We enjoyed ourselves at Trailside Museums and Zoo near to Bear Mountain bridge. I hope I am able to hike with less difficulty this week especially with full gear backpacking and going downhill (it hurts the most). This week, it will be around 42 miles of hiking in a stretch. Hope for a good weather and injury-free this week.
Yesterday, we said our good-bye to our mobile Trail Angel, Paul E. who spent a month (April 2012) supporting us. We thank him and my family for their support and time to make sure that we continue with our journey. After crossing the Hudson River, we will be pretty much on our own. We hope to arrive Williamstown, MA in mid-May to end of May. *crossing fingers*
Have a good week, folks.
We didn’t expect maniacal hiking portion in the Greenwood Lake region in New York. We did expect the lunatic portion between Fitzgerald Falls and Agony Grind (how appropriate name for that particular portion, believe us!!!) based on Track-R’s testimony. Yesterday morning, we were half-way of the lunatic portion. The weather was wet – rained all day the day before and drizzled throughout the day yesterday. After saying good-bye to our mobile Trail Angel Paul E., we hiked to Little Dam Lake region. We came upon the swollen creek which we couldn’t believe in our own eyes when we spied the white marker on other side of the creek. Sheesh! I gingerly managed to get across the creek over some rocks with getting a bit of wet in my boots with aid of two wooden sticks from the forest. It was difficult for Cane to get across without getting wet, so I asked him to toss me his backpack. He agreed, so he took it off. I told him where to toss and he tossed behind me which was off target from where I expected. I caught it all right, but it forced me to dive into the crevice of the rocks twisting my right knee (I tweaked it back in High Point region in New Jersey) and banged my left knee. Lucky, the crevice of the rock was part of the creek which kind of soften my diving, but soaking me right to my bones and up to my face! I scrambled to get myself out of the creek dragging the backpack with me. I tossed it over on the other side of the creek. I quickly climbed to the solid ground and was in pain for a while. I forced myself to move to see if I was able to walk and it took awhile to shake off the pain. I was able to walk, thanks goodness, but in some pain. Cane was worried and scared for me. He got himself to other side of the creek by wading through the creek up to top part of his thighs. We had to squeeze the water out of our socks and insoles and poured some water out of our boots. We decided to hike rest of 4 miles being wet rats. It might be a good idea to add “n” to end of Dam from what we experienced. 😉 Today, we took zero day since my right knee swollen up and left knee complaining of some aches. I count my blessing that I didn’t break any bones or tear any ligament! We will go hiking tomorrow to see how my knees feel.
AT DeafBlind Dream 