The sun greeted us this morning. Not sure what to expect from the trail, I wore gloves, arm warmers and my poncho as added protection from the mosquitoes.
The mosquitoes were horrible. The followed us in swarms. The forced us to keep moving; don't stop.
About eight miles in we got to the "boardwalk over swamp" as our guidebook described it. We thought the mosquitoes were going to be terrible and it turned out to be the nicest stretch of the day; pleasant even. The dragonflies had staked out there territory and had taken a huge chunk out of the mosquito population, if not all.
At the crossing with NJ 94, we took a slight detour to Heaven Hill Farm for homemade ice cream. It was nice sitting out in the open, bug free.
We pushed the last five miles to Wawayanda Shelter for the night. Set up the tent and enjoyed the mesh sanctuary from the bugs.
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