day 69 - 05/18

so an awesome reader of my blog (thanx adam!) not only sent me the correct directions to get into nyc, but also offered to buy me dinner. so generous! i decided, however, not to go into nyc, cuz 1) i couldn't find an affordable hotel/hostel for the night; and 2) i really don't think i could handle all of the sensory information. after being in the woods for so long i decided that nyc would be just way too much to integrate successfully. the first pic is from bear mt of the nyc skyline. all the way to the right (sorry it's so hard to make out as it was hazy - or maybe that is smog?), you can sort of see that the new world trade tower is already taller than the empire state building. the second pic is of the bear mt bridge that i walked over today. incredibly high. i didn't take any pics while on the bridge simply because i can be quite the clutz, as evidenced by my smashed iphone screen held together by packing tape after dropping it on a rock while hiking. :) so, needless to say, i refrained from pulling out my iphone while on that crazy-high bridge. i ended up staying at the franciscan greymoor spiritual life center and ended up meeting this awesome couple who are just finishing up their year long hike of the american discovery trail. for another great blog read goto: http://www.hikinghumanitarian.com/. they also very generously offered for me to stay at their house while passing thru salisbury, ct. i also forgot to mention yesterday that i talked to one of my favorite people, my aunt pat, and i get to see her when i pass thru lee, ma, so i am very happy for that! the third pic is of a frickin' huge spider i discovered very close to where i was sleeping last night. that is a quarter in the picture and is not even flush with the wall, therefore in the forefront of the picture making it appear larger, simply cuz i was too chicken to put the quarter on the wall next to the spider. it was big! tick count is at 14, including a nymph! 16.5mi from brien shelter to greymoor. 1404.1 total.



- posted using blogpress from my iphone on the appalachian trail