AT Day 71 – Hello New Jersey

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Hello New Jersey

25th June

22.9 miles

Bushcamp (1287.4) to Bushcamp (1310.3)

A group of locals camped with us last night. They were loud. The first pre dawn rays of light hit my tent around 4.45am. I woke and started to pack up my tent. Anyone who has camped next to me knows my annoying habit. I bang my tent pegs together to clear the dirt out of them. It’s a habit and it’s annoying but it happens without me even thinking about it. Until this morning.  I was banging my tent pegs to remove the dirt just after 5am when I realised just how loud it was. The tent next to me full of the young drunk locals who were loud last night. I made sure my tent pegs were extra clean.

I watched the sunrise as I started hiking after saying goodbye to Kiros who joined for a night of camping. Less than a mile from camp I saw a rather large healthy looking black bear. It took off down the hill.

I arrived in the small tourist town of Delaware Water Gap to settle in for some breakfast. When I walked outside I was devastated to notice my umbrella was missing. Most likely I left my umbrella at my campsite in the morning. Normally I never loose things. Looks like I’ll be buying a new umbrella soon. It’s a great peice of hiking gear for a trail like this.

I crossed the Delaware river to leave Pennsylvania and enter New Jersey. I was ready for a new state and a new challenge, good bye Pennsylvania.

Despite a weather forecast of good weather a storm passed through and dumped heavy rain for about 20 minutes. With no umbrella I allowed myself to get wet, it was still quite warm. I have been carrying a rain jacket for a long time but it was too hot to wear it. The trail in New Jersey was pleasant with quite a lot of nice views on the high ridges.

I camped with a lot of people on a high ridge. I found two fellow Aussies from my home town of Darwin. Small world considering only 120000 people live there.

At some time late at night a hiking buddy whom I met on the CDT last year will be coming through. I told him what mile marker I was at and told him to look for the green Nemo Hornet tent. There were 3 green Nemo Hornet tents next to the trail. Stay tuned to hear this guys amazing story.


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Brad is an Australian who has completed the hiking Triple Crown after he hiked the Pacific Crest Trail, Continental Divide Trail and Appalachian Trail. He has hiked on every continent (except Antarctica) and has cycled from Alaska to Ecuador. He is an expert on outdoor gear currently living in Chile.

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