Finally!

Greenwood Lake, NY  -  Mile 816.4

We gave in and took a zero day, and at long last I found a computer I can upload pictures from. We are staying in an awesome inn by the lake and enjoying not walking for a whole day!
So, here is a slideshow of our past few weeks...

A warning before climbing Moosilauke

 Up on Mt. Moosilauke we ran into rime ice, brrrrr! This was one of the coldest sections on our trip and for a few days we were worrying about winter.

But then, we came down off the mountain into our first field on the whole trip. And it was still summer...

Great trail! Vermont was fantastic and we had many good cruising days.

Tyrell keeping his feet dry. I like to go barefoot and wade right through.

 We have been seeing lots of cool lil critters. Not sure what they all are... quite a few frogs, snakes, turtles, salamanders, newts, and fuzzy catapillars. Also, many flocks of geese flying over. We hear them day and night.

 It has been a welcome change to be walking through farmland. What a great break for our legs. We also enjoy the change in scenery.

 This was somewhere in Vermont, one of the neatest shelters we have seen along the way. Has a great stone fireplace and everything, too bad we had to keep moving.

 Mountains... they have not been very impressive since leaving the whites, but still enough elevation gain and loss to wear us out.

                           
 Here we are on Mt. Greylock. Another one of those places where all of a sudden we pop out of the woods into civilization- tourist central.

 The tower on Greylock, first good views in several days. This was a high point in our trip. Was exciting after so many days of wandering around in the woods and hills to be able to look back and see how far we had come.

 In MA, CT, and NY we have been walking through several small towns, or "villages". Has been great for resupplying, and all the delis along the way provide delicious meals. This building was the library in Salisbury, CT. Unfortunately they were closed on Mondays!

 More of Salisbury... everybody is getting ready for Halloween. Pumpkins everywhere.

 One of the stranger landmarks along the way- giants thumb?

 Walking along the Housatonic River. This was the greatest stretch of trail so far, for about 4 miles. And then we were rock climbing again.

 Tyrell climbing up beside a massive rock face. Couldn't get a good picture of the whole thing.

 Our little Mountain Hardwear tent, we love it.

 We have walked miles on the these boardwalks now. A nice change of pace. We definitely appreciate all the volunteer work that has gone into the trail.

 There are a lot of stone walls along the trail. We are not sure what they are all from, farmers maybe? But there are some awesome structures.

 We are in New York! Bear Mountain Bridge across the Hudson River, very pretty area.
Still some fall colors here. Farther North most of the leaves have already fallen.

 Watched a couple sailboats cruise under the bridge. Sure sounds like a nice way to travel right now...
Just across the bridge we walked through the trailside zoo. Was a neat little sidetrip. A small zoo but fun to see the critters.

 And then on the other side of the zoo, we popped out into a throng of people headed to a NY Octoberfest! The trail took us right through the middle of the whole thing, was pretty exciting. We slowed down long enough to eat a bag of kettle corn and a hot dog. Still ended up hiking in the dark that night.

 At Fingerboard shelter we camped at exactly mile 800. Eight hundred miles in fifty-four days! Well over a third of the way done, and getting close to half. Halfway will be toward the end of PA and is still a few weeks away.

 Thought this was a funny sign. The AT is definitely not the easy way, and when in doubt the AT always goes up.

 Coming through the lemon squeezer! We got squeezed all right. For some reason it just makes me grumpy when you have to take your pack off...
New York has been interesting to hike through. It has a little bit of everything.

One of our few pictures with both of us in it. Peregrine falcons nest on the bridge.

Our day of rest was much needed. We were getting worn out on our 20 mile a day schedule. Tomorrow morning though we will be headed back out into the woods.

Hope you all enjoy our pics. I will try to keep updating more frequently, but hard to do.

Thank you to all who contributed to our last maildrop! The sheer quantity was painful, but it was all so delicious: ) Sitting in NY munching on Grandmas fresh cookies... what a world we live in.