Mile 1,351.6
Elevation 840 feet
Miles Hiked 7.1
I left the Secret Shelter at 8:00 AM and headed for Unionville, NY. I’m a day behind on my schedule, so I’ll run out of food before I get my provision box. In Unionville there is a store to get provisions and that’s where I’m heading.
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- Unionville general store
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- Streets of Unionville
I made it to town in a couple of hours and met a female hiker, “Griz”, who is doing a flip/flop through hike. After we both shopped, I bought a supply of Spam and protein bars, I got an apple turnover and sat on the store’s porch with Griz and pondered life while we both ate.
I think the store gave us a gentle hint that it was time to leave – they pulled out a power washer and began to spray the porch. Griz and I left together and headed for the shelter. A little after we left, it began to rain. It wasn’t a driving rain, so I didn’t put on my rain jacket. The terrain was flat and we hiked fast and got to the shelter by 1:30 PM. I was soaked.
With the onset of hypothermia upon me, I stripped off my wet clothes and put on dry shorts and my jacket. Another hiker, Furnace, was already there. The three of us talked in the shelter until 8:00 PM when we all climbed into our sleeping bags for the night.
