On the Trail - The final journey north to Maine has started. My mom and dad dropped me off on Sunday at The Delware Water Gap and I started to follow the black bears and rattle snakes north. 

May 23 - Today I was scheduled to hike 12.4 miles from to Wildcat Shelter on the AT and hike 1.6 on a side trail to Greenwood Lake NY to resupply about 4 miles into my hike, I met a dog walker who out of the kindness of her heart offered me a ride to town! Yeah! No one really likes road walks or side hikes any way. So about 40 minutes later, which was only 1/4 mile to her car I got a ride to town, shopped at CVS pretty good selection and got a ride back to the trail. Since it is more convient for her, she is dropping me off 6 miles north of where she picked me up. Crazy Dog Walker Lady! So my plan is to leave my pack at the ice cream store and run 6 miles south and then turn around and run back 6 miles north to my pack and then hike 4 more to the shelter. So my 12.4 mile day just turned into a 18.4 mile day! "A good deed never goes unpunished," my punishment is 6 miles of extra hiking.