(this daily journal was kept and rewritten by my sister Laurie and presented to me as a gift - I now rewrite it here for you)
Began hiking at 8. Had gotten up as John was leaving. Dan was gone even earlier. Had 8 miles to Bear Mountain Bridge. Climbed 4 mountains today (Black, West, Bear & ?). Bear Mt. was quite a climb - rock cliffs and all. When we got to the top there was an observatory we climbed. The caretaker was very friendly - we talked about West Point and the noises we had been hearing for 2 days from the artillery practice. Descended the mountain and walked through a park where we met Dan & John again. Ate lunch and then all walked together through the nature park & zoo. Laughed at everything. People were everywhere and giving us strange looks. We were laughing unreal. Got to the bridge and paid 10 cents pedestrian fee to cross. Climbed another mountain, rested a while, then moved on less than a mile where we found Hemlock Spring and decided to camp.
( best line of the day - as we passed a group of New York inner city youth in the zoo, one called out to us asking "where are you going camping mister?" to which John Silva replied "Maine"..... this brought gales of laughter from the kids.)
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