Watch your step!

Got up early today to meet my brother in Sussex Co. for a ride to the trail head. Got started at 8:25 a.m. and finished 4:50 p.m., walking 15.3 miles on the A.T. beggining at Deckertown Turnpike just north of Mashipacong shelter and following the familiar white blazes to Route 284. We've now completed Bear Mt. Bridge to Culvers Gap (excluding the stretch from Lakes Rd to Pinwheel Vista; that's next) in our Hudson-to-Delaware section hike.

Seen on the trail:
15 orange salamanders
3 brown salmanders
2 deer
2 chipmunks
4 squirrels
9 people
5 cows
0 Zero! No BEARS!