Thursday, May 19, 2016

Smudgy Cheeks Day 53 (Thursday, May 19)



I hiked 11.2 miles to Vernon, New Jersey today.  First thing in the morning, while hiking, I had my first bear sighting!!  I was pumped!!  The bear was far from me and ran off after I started yelling!  It was funny to see it walking down the trail like a hiker though!  

Bear on the trail!!!
I also got to walk across a pretty cool board walk.  This was my favorite walk in New Jersey so far.  

View today from the trail.
Board Walk
Hidden Hazards!!
Just kidding.  I'm not bored on the board walk!
Our next food drop was in Vernon, New Jersey so I had to stop there.  I was going to continue hiking but this awesome hostel had free laundry, free showers, and free ice cream in the freezer!!!  We also didn't finish splitting up the food drop until it was almost dark and I didn't feel like walking in the dark, especially with a scraped up knee!

Since I'm no longer with Bubbles and Sprout I get my own animal/mile count!  For any previous animal sightings see Sprout's Day 1-52.

Day:  53
Miles hiked:  11.8
Total Miles hiked on the trail:  422.1
Bear: 1 (WOOT!!!)

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