Gemmer road to High Point

So, on Sunday, we actually did a different part of the AT instead of wind gap to kirkridge. We decided to go from Gemmer road to High Point State Park. The on-line companion states that this is a meager 5.5 mile trek. I think I must beg to differ on their opinion. The first half of the trek was in farmland and not too bad at all; it went smoothly. But then things took a turn for the worse, after rt 519, we headed into the woods and up to the rocky ridge. Maybe it was just that we're not used to the rocks, but that 5.5 miles took us 4 hours to do (we did stop for lunch). It was very fun though, but took a lot longer than expected and we ended up setting up camp in the dark. It got pretty dang cold that night and Amanda and Jill had a bit of trouble sleeping. I snored like a champ as usual. We then went to the high point monument the next morning and hacklebarney for hiking. After that apple cider donuts and hot apple cider at Alsteads to celebrate.

Water Gap to Kirkbridge Shelter

Shakedown #3: 10/24 & 10/25 - Water Gap to Kirkbridge Shelter and back....
http://bp2.trimbleoutdoors.com/viewTrip.aspx?tripId=368663. I can't find an exact map of the route, but it is included in the link (route from wind gap to water gap). We would basically start from the end of this route, hike 7 miles, stay overnight in the kirkbridge shelter or a meadow close by, and then return to water gap on sunday. who's in?!!