Miles 17.8
Total ~346
New Jersey is a beautiful state! Who knew? Not me. I've really enjoyed hiking here. We got a late start from Unionville this morning. We had breakfast sandwiches and coffee, went to the post office and finally made it out at 10am. Then we ran into our friends from PA (hiking with the thru hiker AZ), so we chatted with them. After that we walked through the Wallkill Reserve and we were finishing that as we ran into 2 ladies from North Carolina we are section hiking the whole thing. Great chatting with them. Both are older ladies and they bring their cars so they slack pack during the day. I enjoyed meeting them.
Today was beautiful with the Reserve where we saw some Baltimore Orioles and red winged black birds. then we walked through a marsh on boardwalks and finally ended with a climb up to Pinwheel vista. However, about 3/4 of the way up it started to pour. Really pour. So we peeked at the vista and than ran back to tree cover to avoid the torpedoing raindrops. The sun came out about 20 minutes later but we were already soaked.
Tonight we're in the shelter with Rayo, Flatlander-a section hiker who eats no fruits or veggies, and Statesman-a section hiker who hikes one state a year. Even when they're tiny states, he still only hikes one. He's finishing the last 4 miles of New Jersey tomorrow and he'll go home. New Jersey is only 50 miles!
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