[at-l] My first lil section hike - and a change to the AT in NJ

[shoregirl75 at hotmail.com (Shore Girl)]

Hey everyone.
I just got back from my very first short section hike.  The original plan 
was to go out for 6 days and try to get about 60 miles done.  This 
unfortunately didn't happen - I guess it was wishful thinking.  We started 
out at Sunrise Mountain in NJ (I had previously done about 5 miles of the 
trail from there going south, so I figured it would be a good place to go 
north from).  We started out with about an 11 mile day going to High Point 
Shelter - i think that was a little much for our first day cause we were 
beat!!! So we kept our mileage shorter than that the rest of the trip.  We 
ended up hiking 4 days, staying in Vernon at the Hostile one night, taking a 
day off and then hiking the last day for a total of 36 miles.  Not too bad 
for beginners I guess :)  All in all it was a great time - the views were 
beautiful, the feeling was great (except for when i fell over swatting 
misquitos and bashed my head on the ground) - I just hope that with time, 
it's not so difficult to climb those hills :) (and I hear NJ hills are much 
easier than most on the trail!)

Leigh

OH - I forgot to mention: there was also a change to the trail right before 
Vernon - on the AT maps for NJ (I think it's map 4 of the NY/NJ set) there 
is a part that says 'pending relocation' or something like that.  The 
relocation was completed last year and now there is a lot less road walking 
to do - they built a very nice bog boardwalk that goes for about a mile i 
think - very pretty to walk thru!

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