IMG_0041 — Ok, here is the state line for real.
IMG_0043 — The trail goes where?! This is in the area of Prospect Rock. Lots of boulder hopping.
IMG_0045 — If not over the rocks, we go under them.
IMG_0046 — The "Lemon Squeezer" in Harriman State Park, NY.
IMG_0047 — The "Lemon Squeezer" in Harriman State Park, NY.
IMG_0048 — The NYC skyline from about 40 miles away.
IMG_0049 — The NYC skyline from about 40 miles away.
IMG_0050 — The NYC skyline from about 40 miles away.
IMG_0051 — Bear Mountain from Black Mountain.
IMG_0057 — According to another zoo visitor, the black bears in this cage were originally kept as pets, but were removed from their owners when they got to be too big and dangerous. Unfortunately they were too old to learn how to be wild bears at that point.
IMG_0058 — They look bored and not that scary.
IMG_0059 — The Low Point of the AT (in many ways.)
IMG_0060 — Bear Mountain Bridge, spanning the Hudson River.
IMG_0052 — The tower at the top of Bear Mountain was not open, but there are exhibits and a viewing area inside. There is also a road that goes right to the top of this mountain, if you don't feel like walking.
IMG_0056 — The famous Walt Whitman statue in the Bear Mountain zoo.
IMG_0001 — Should we spend $6.00 on a jar of peanut butter? (We decided against it). PB&Co., Greenwich Village, NY.
IMG_0002a — The famous Peanut Butter and Co. store in Greenwich Village. Overpriced, but really delicious peanut butter.
IMG_0003 — We could not resist the Strand, famous for its 18 miles of books. M even bought a hard cover.
IMG_0001-1 — Thom and M enjoy a Knish at Zabars in NYC
IMG_0002-1 — Squirrels in Riverside Park are quite forward in their food-begging
IMG_0004-1 — NYC 4th of July
IMG_0015 — NYC 4th of July
IMG_0017 — NYC 4th of July
IMG_0019-1 — NYC 4th of July
IMG_0021-1 — NYC 4th of July
IMG_0022-1 — NYC 4th of July
IMG_0023-1 — NYC 4th of July
IMG_0024-1 — Thom, Katy, and Mark at the end of the NYC visit. Thom is off to save nature, while we go enjoy it.
IMG_0027 — The Pavilion at Graymoor Center, where the Franciscans allow hikers to camp.
IMG_0028 — Well put.
IMG_0033 — Cocoa with a big tree, although not the biggest tree, on the trail.
IMG_0038 — Dover Oak, largest tree on the AT.
IMG_0041 — Another NY Deli
IMG_0025-1 — K in front of Grand Central Station, NYC.
