It's a new routine--waking early to beat the heat.
Unfortunately, someone else (who we've never camped with before) woke up even earlier and made quite the ruckus packing up. His antics included throwing a beer bottle, stomping on tree limbs and shaking his tarp extra loud. Not sure what came over the man, but we don't want to camp near him ever again.
After our human wake-up alarm, we were off and running. The terrain settled out, and we only had half the ups and downs we had become accustomed to. The trail went by the Appalachian Trail Market (basically just a gas station) and we broke down and bought some pastries.
We got to NY 301, our terminus for the day, but signs posted everywhere said we should hike 1.5 more miles to a green-blazed trail to get to Clarence Fahnestock State Park rather than take the road one mile.
We kept hiking. On the bright side, it's less we have to hike tomorrow. But by the time we got there we were exhausted, chaffed and suffering from heat rash. Not only had they lied--we had to hike two miles--but the green-blazed trail was a joke.
Regardless, we got a frozen treat from the store and showered, and settled in for a long night's rest.
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