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    • TravelerPost Studio Life
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      Day 107

      Delaware Water Gap: New Jersey

      October 15 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

      Even though my legs were tired from our nearly 3 hour hike this morning, we just had to make a stop and take a little stroll in this beautiful place. Here the Delaware River cuts between two Appalachian mountains (Tammany and Minsi) and offers lovely hiking trails sprinkled with small waterfalls. This reserve spans two states: New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

      Next stop: PA, Philly here we come :)      Read more

    • TravelerAppalachian Trail
      22
      Day 103

      Day 101 - Pennsylvania!

      October 12 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

      Woke up to a beautiful morning in time to catch the sunrise (I've got to do this more often!). Recovered my food bag from hanging it the night before, and spent about an hour chatting with my camp mates, lovely people, before setting out.

      Beautiful morning turned into a beautiful day. As I was hiking along a ridgeline I came across a large group of bird watchers - they were very excited and were having a count down to the end of the hour. When the hour was up they were semi-celebrating saying "35 in one hour!!", evidently some kind of record. Scenery was great up there.

      Crossed the Delaware River into Pennsylvania!!! And stayed the night in Stroudsburg. Bit of a dodgy area but that's comes with staying at the cheap hotels. One thing Penny (that's what I'm calling Pennsylvania) has that the previous states didn't is poker machines. They are everywhere. In the hotel, at the convenience store, at the laundromat, etc. Feels a bit tacky.

      The hotel was managed by. Brit that had been in the states for 19 years. He immediately recognised my accent.

      Took the time to buy some new socks - my old ones had lasted 2 whole months of hard use almost every day, so definitely can recommend the Darn Tough brand.

      Also tossed my poncho for weight and replaced it with a waterproof pack cover. I've discovered you can't stay dry while hiking, it's better to just grin and bear being drenched and dry out later. Humidity from your body will soak your clothes over time if you're in waterproof clothing. Just keeping your gear dry is the important thing. So my pack is now marginally lighter which is great - I'll keep making adjustments to get it down even further.      Read more

    • Calendar-Year Triple Crown 24
      Day 68

      Endlich in New Jersey!

      April 8 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 0 °C

      Heute folgte ein Highlight dem Nächsten! Nach einer entspannten morgendlichen Wanderung kamen wir endlich in „Daleware Water Gap“ an. Die letzte Stadt in Pennsylvania! Gefeiert wurde dies mit leckeren Bagels und frischen Kaffee aus dem „The Mystical Mug“.

      Mit Überquerung des Delaware Rivers war es dann so weit. Endlich sind wir in New Jersey angekommen. Der Trail veränderte sich zwar nicht drastisch im Vergleich zu Pennsylvania, aber es fühlte sich gut an! Die Landschaft rund um den Sunfish Pond ist herrlich. Dort bekam ich die erste „größere“ Schlange zu Gesicht.

      Nachmittags wurde es plötzlich kühler und das Licht wirkte diffus. Die totale Sonnenfinsternis kündigte sich spürbar an. Jochen freute sich schon vor unserer Abreise auf dieses Ereignis. Leider konnten wir keine Brillen organisieren, weshalb wir nicht davon ausgingen, das Naturschauspiel beobachten zu können.

      Wir waren daher umso glücklicher, als wir durch die Brillen von anderen Wandernden schauen konnten. Jochen konnte sogar einen super Schnappschuss durch die Brille machen.

      Als die Wolken später herauskamen, konnten wir sogar ohne Brille in die Sonne schauen und weitere schöne Bilder von dem Ereignis machen.

      Nachts konnten wir (vermutlich) einen ersten Blick auf New York City erhaschen. In der Ferne leuchtete der Himmel, als würde dorr gerade ein Raumschiff landen. Jochen und ich waren uns sicher: Das kann nur die Lichtverschmutzung von New York sein.      Read more

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    • TravelerMarco und Claudi auf Weltreise
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      Day 18

      von Hartford an den Delaware River

      October 22 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 18 °C

      Heute haben wir eine schöne Tour zum Delaware River, unseren nächsten Stopp, gemacht. Es ging über Highway aber auch über Gravel Road (@David: DAS wäre mal ne Abenteuertour auf dem Moped). Leider hab ich vor lauter Konzentration, nicht die Ölwanne abzufahren, keine Fotos von der Strecke gemacht 😬
      Unterwegs haben wir dann noch eine wunderschöne Kanutour auf dem Delaware River gemacht. Eigentlich ist die Saison schon vorbei, aber der Laden hat wegen des guten Wetters noch ne Woche länger Betrieb. Glück für uns. Wir hatten einen sommerlichen Tag bei 27°C      Read more

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    • Calendar-Year Triple Crown 24
      Day 67

      Alles beim Alten in Pennsylvania

      April 7 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C

      Bei herrlichstem Wetter ging es heute wieder über Stein und Stein. So langsam unterstelle ich den Trailplanern in Pennsylvania sadistische Züge. 😈

      Unser Abendessen genossen wir heute direkt an der Wasserquelle, da wir mit einer späten Ankunft beim Shelter rechneten und wir dort potenzielle Mitbewohner nicht stören wollten.

      Als wir dort ankamen, fanden wir gerade noch Platz für unsere beiden Luftmatratzen. Der Rest des Shelters wurde wie so oft von einem Zelt blockiert.      Read more

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    • TravelerUSA east
      Day 8

      Delaware Water Gap

      September 12 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C

      A day of rowing and enjoying nature. My favourite. From Smithfield beach to Portland, 10 miles. Till Kittitanny point no highway. Great blue heron (Ardea herodias), great egret (Ardea alba), bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis), osprey (Pandion haliaetus) and Canadian geese are all around among plenty other creatures I haven't observed. The weather is perfection.. Easy to be grateful today.Read more

    • Dewit Family TravelsNew York City
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      Day 9

      From Caboose to Kabin

      July 8, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

      We start today with the Amish tour ride we had planned for yesterday. It was a nice leisurely 30 minute ride in a horse drawn buggy. The tour guide was a young man raised in an Amish family but later in life abandoned the restrictive lifestyle to venture out on his own. He gave us lots of interesting insights into the Amish way of life.

      For example, the only type of phones permitted are landlines and they are not placed in the home. They are located in small buildings, resembling outhouses, placed a distance away from the home. They are not to be used for socializing. The Amish value family connectedness and will not adopt technologies that they believe take away from that. If you want to speak to a friend or family member you do it face to face.

      I had noticed the use of scooter bicycles. They have no pedals. I asked about that. The guide told us that the Amish don’t want their young people to be able to go too far too fast, possibly allowing them easy access to towns nearby. The idea is to keep them closely connected to their families and community and away from the influences of modern society.

      A full family summer vacation wouldn’t be complete without a bit of camping! Forgot to bring the rent so we’re doing a couple nights of glamping in a KOA Kabin instead. We’re at the Delaware Gap KOA in Pennsylvania, close to the New Jersey border and the Delaware Gap National Recreational Area. It’s a beautiful, Holiday category KOA, meaning it has enough to offer that families can come here and spend their entire vacations without having to leave the campground. For us, it has a nice pool, which we plan to use tomorrow afternoon and ping pong tables so we can have a family tournament.

      On the drive here we made just two stops. The first at The Pagoda in Reading, PA. A curious building perched on a high location above the town. It was built hundreds of years ago and intended as a luxury hotel. This apparently did not work out, but it is now used as a tourist destination as well as for weddings and other functions.

      Our second stop was going to be to the Martin Guitar Factory but it is closed on Sundays. So, instead we stopped for food at a supermarket and continued on to our destination.

      I’ve been struggling with what seems like a slight flu today and yesterday. I’m hopeful it’s the 24 hour sort and that I will feel better tomorrow. Actually, it already is tomorrow, and the good news is that I am feeling better!      Read more

    • TravelerAppalachian Trail
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      Day 77

      Camping after Smith Gap Rd 1270.2

      July 19, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 23 °C

      In the morning we hiked into Palmerton, a small city located in the north of Pennsylvania. There I had the passport sent and also the replacement dry sack from sea2summit. Unfortunately only the passport arrived, the sack will be forwarded to Connecticut - this time I'm trying to make sure that it is there by the time we arrive :)
      Afterwards we could finally do our laundry, the woman that was working there was so friendly and helpful. She even gave us soap for free. Before we went back on the trail we went to an italian restaurant for the lunch menu. But the food was way too less for two hiker hunger driven souls. So we ordered a large pepperoni pizza to go and almost ate all of it before we were out of town. We saw someone hitchhiking and getting a ride pretty quickly, so we tried it ourselves and fifteen minutes later we were already back at the trailhead.

      So we started conquering that beast of a rock pile at noon. Which is probably the worst time as you don't have any cover from the trees... Additionally there are other things that made it hard to get up there:
      - Checking that there is no rattle snake where you want to place your hand
      - the 40+ pounds backpack
      - half of an oily pepperoni pizza

      Dehydration was an issue for me today... It was supposed to be a 17 mile stretch without water. So we knew what was coming and Julia did quite fine even though I've hydrated the whole morning with about 4 liters and carried another 3 liters with me... We've been told that there is often water at a gap after five miles but by the time we arrived there, there wasn't any. My water was half empty and even after drinking my throat still felt dry. So I was panicking a bit and asked at a parked car for some water who gave me a small half full bottle. After a thru hiker who went to town gave us another liter I started to feel better.      Read more

    • TravelerAppalachian Tra
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      Day 35

      Climbing out of Palmerton

      May 11 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 57 °F

      I had a great rest and resupply in Palmerton. It was the perfect town because I could walk off the trail (2 miles!) to my reserved room in a grand old house, and also walk to a local grocery store and restaurant.

      It’s a beautiful town built in the early 1900s to support the workers of the zinc mining plants. That same plant is also the reason the area is a Superfund site. There has been a lot of work done over the decades to replant the stripped mountains, and most of what I saw was coming back and green. Work continues with aerial planting of native plants and remediation to get rid of invasive plants.

      The climb OUT of Palmerton and the LeHigh Valley was crazy — probably about 1,000 feet in less than a mile on vertical boulders. It’s the hardest stretch so far, and some say it’s the hardest south of New Hampshire. I’m super proud that I did it well — thanks to Julie and the Utah backpacking trip, both of which taught me how to make those climbs. Go slow, know your footing and lean in, especially with a full pack. My pack was very full given that I had just bought groceries and you have to carry a lot of water because you can’t drink the water in a Superfund site.

      Grateful that the rocks were dry and the fog was in so I couldn’t see the valley below. It eased my fear of heights. ❤️      Read more

    • TravelerTrip to Arkansas
      Day 19

      Heading home

      January 27, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ -7 °C

      After many hours of traveling, we stopped for the night in Louisville.
      We had a terrific dinner at Doc Crows. They have hundreds of choices of Bourbon.
      I had a catfish PoBoy, lemonade mint julep, and an Old Fashioned TO GO!Read more

    You might also know this place by the following names:

    Monroe County, مقاطعة مونرو, Монро, মনরৌ কাউন্টি, Condado de Monroe, Monroe konderria, شهرستان مونرو، پنسیلوانیا, Comté de Monroe, Contae Monroe, Monroe megye, Մոնրո շրջան, Contea di Monroe, モンロー郡, Konteth Monroe, Monroe Comitatus, Monroe Kūn, Hrabstwo Monroe, منرو کاؤنٹی، پنسلوانیا, Comitatul Monroe, Округ Монро, مونرو کاؤنٹی، پنسلوانیا, Quận Monroe, Condado han Monroe, 門羅縣

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