We woke up early to hike up an exposed and steep boulder field in the Palmerton, Pennsylvania Superfund Site before the sunlight poured in.
The Palmerton Zinc Pile Superfund Site was home to zinc smelting from 1898-1980. The area is currently under renovation and revegetation activities.
Climbing the boulders was breathtaking on two levels--for one, the view was gorgeous, but secondly, teetering along the ridge so high up was nerve-racking. We survived and had easy walking along the ridge line.
The mosquitoes were buzzing around, but thankfully I was prepared with my bug net and Deet (B doesn't have a problem with them). Walking behind me was B, who told me not to worry but a swarm of mosquitoes were hovering around me. At one point, B got too close and got bitten instead.
We got trail magic in the form of ice cold water from Olive Oyl's mom--thank you! We had a 16 mile stretch today with poor water options (unless you wanted to fill up at a spring in the Superfund Site).
Called it a night at the Leroy A. Smith Shelter. Enjoyed a campfire and instant mashed potatoes with friends.
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