We left camp at about 9 am. The first section of the day was a bit tough. Frequent rocks and ups and downs. Eventually we came to county road 517, just before the road we came across some trail magic left by our fellow thru hiker bleep, bloop! Cold gatorades! :) After we crossed the bridge we walked a few miles of beautiful boardwalk over a grassy marshland. Although it was a Monday there was a very large amount of tourists/day hikers. Most of them didn't know what the Appalachian trail was or that they were even on it. We had quite a few strange looks from people because of all our gear. After hurrying out of that culture shock we made our way to the base of a mountain referred to as "the stairway to heaven". A very steep staircase up the mountain awaited us. After summoning energy we walked until we came across wawayanda state park headquarters where we took a siesta, ate a late lunch, and charged our phones. We then continued four more miles to the New Jersey/New York state line!! After crossing the border we walked on a very rough and rocky ridge for quite a while until we reached NY's highest point. At the peak someone had erected an American flag. It was quite a view. We made our way down to furnace brook, filled our water bottles, and sheltered in our tents from the Mosquitos for the night.
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