Wanting to get out of here before it got too hot, I got up at 5 am this morning. For there being no water around, the mosquitoes are awfully bad this early in the morning. I managed to get going in record time, leaving the shelter at quarter to six.
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Attempting to beat today's heat, I managed to leave camp this morning at 6:50. The humidity was pretty awful, and the early day was through fog and some light rain, so while it wasn't really that hot when I started, and the first mountain wasn't really that steep, I wound up completely soaked by the time I got to the top of the first mountain today.
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While I was only planning a 14 mile day to the Morgan Stewart Shelter, I wanted to leave early to beat the heat. Naturally, I slept in a bit, and didn't get started hiking until about 8:20.
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With an 18 mile day planned to the campsite at the Clarence Fahnestock State Park, and a hot day forecast, I wanted to leave early enough to get to the park's concession stand for dinner before it closed. Early, today, apparently was 7:30.
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The morning got off to a good start. Penny made me a cheese and egg omelette for breakfast, and also gave me a few hard-boiled eggs and a salami and cheese sandwich for lunch. We set off for the trail around 7:15, and made it there at 8:20, delayed a bit by traffic. At the trailhead, as I was getting out, were three other hikers, who began walking down the road to the facilities I waited for Penny at two days ago. Penny and I said goodbye, and I resumed my trek north. (Thank you so much, Penny and Edwin, for your hospitality the last two days!)
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