Tuesday, April 19
Delaware Water Gap to Wind Gap, southbound
15.5 miles
Left
our truck at Wind Gap and John drove us to Delaware Water Gap to hike
southbound. We hiked from 8:30 to 4:00. The southbound incline at Delaware Water Gap
is not steep and it has beautiful views of the Delaware River below. We were somewhat nostalgic as we left the
view, knowing this was the northern terminus of our section this time. But go south we must, so we left it behind
and began to look forward to the end of the day, our last day.
The
last half of today’s trail was a solid path of rocks, very similar to the
section north of Eckville Shelter/Hawk Mountain Road. Actually these were the only
two sections of PA that we found to be worthy of the title “Rocksylvania”. We walked on rocks for at least a couple of
hours—the small rocks that hurt your feet with no choice but to step on them. I was so grateful when it was over.
There
was a steep decline into Wind Gap. We were tired but elated to be finished with
our 270 mile section. Until next time!!
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| Made it to the Delaware River! |
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| Delaware River |
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| At Nelson Overlook |
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| Nelson Overlook |
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| Nelson Overlook |
Fantastic story, thank you.
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