Aug 3rd, Day Three

The Hudson on a rainy morning.

Holy crap it gets cold at night, I mean really cold.  Miles embarked upon this journey right after one of the hottest weeks that can be imagined.  This had made him believe that all he would need for the night was a sheet.  Well judging by the look on his blue face this morning that may have been a slight miscalculation.  He also decided, in his infinite wisdom, that a pad would not be needed this trip either, so there was no insulation from the ground.  We packed up camp, and Ed took us back to the trail where we struck out for our next destination. 

What it's like to stand on a peak, in a cloud.

It was raining again as we took off up the hill.  This weather pattern was going to have to change.  On the plus side it really provided some amazing views or lack of views.  At one point we were walking in a cloud I believe.  We also started to enter into some real forests, not just woods surrounded by highways and suburbs.  It was really nice simply walking through nature, enjoying the peace and quiet.  This part of the trip brought us into the bottom of Harriman National Park, where we started to move a bit westward away from the Hudson River. 

The lean-to which we camped behind

A really beautiful part of the path through the moss.

We reached our destination with some daylight to spare, but immediately we set about making camp.  The tent was erected upon the grassiest patch that we could find, to compensate for no pad.  We walked out onto the rock in front of the shelter and began cooking dinner.  In the distance some forty miles away the NYC skyline was visible on the horizon; we had come a long way. 

Ramen noodles, dinner of champions.

NYC is just out of range of the camera here, but not of the eye

Traveled 15.9 miles of trail.

-SM-

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