Hawk Mountain Road, Eckville PA June 18th
Stein got the rope stuck twenty feet up a tree while trying to hang it from bears. This tree is way to small to climb. I thought it was going to break.
HOT DOG!
These things are HUGE and randomly everywhere.
Ours first week was nothing but rain and fog. Looked really cool!
This is a dirty place. They specialize in selling candy to kids until they are ready for the tobacco. Kuntz Candy and Tobacco. If you see by the door it is A.U. Kuntz...... Try and pronounce that one for yourself...
Hello there Hot Dog.
BIRD
Traveling the world
This scary thing moved fast and I am sure was carnivorous. Constant vigilance.
I was close to this thing when I walked by and refused to go back to close. It was a 4-5 foot long rattlesnake. It was rattling and very intimidating.
MMMMMMM..... Nuttella in a bag is a very messy operation when you get to the bottom of the bag.
Gritty, helped do our first shakedown to weed out uneeded equipment.
Gromet. Travels with Gritty.
Whos that!!!!!!
Love this picture.
These pictures are of hell breaking loose on Earth. This was a horrible storm right before it broke. Me and Stein we literally running for our lives as Satan threw liquid chaos at us. Lightning was licking at our heels and I am still not quite sure if we survived.
Wood Elf
Turrrrrrrrrtlleeee.....
Hot Dog shakin his thang like a chicken wang.
Highpoint NJ. Dedicated to soldiers. Highest point in NJ.
Taken at the same time. Looks way less epic.
Church in Sussex. Built in 1700's.
Yuki, Forest Gimp and Stein
The ex Mayor of Unionville, NY. We stayed here and were treated extremely well.
Gromet and Stein
From left to right. L Train, Tin Man (young), Stretch, Stein
FOOD!
Left to right. Not So Crazy, Mister Ed (husband), Bill, Lightweight (wife), L Train
OG
Braid
Hulk
HES ALIVE!!!!
Stein, Brave Little Toaster, Hellbender, Hot Dog at the NY NJ border
I am here a bit and there a bit.
Chris from Maine.
John and Susan. Trail angels. These guys took care of better than we could have ever asked. Susan is a Vet and made sure the Hot Dog was all set. John is a cop one year out of retirement who is straight awesome.
OG likes Hot Dogs
PORK!
Pictures cant show how aweosme this place is.
L Trains parents that i randomly overheard and found when they were lost.
Bear Mountain Bridge over the Hudson
Trail Magic!
Moon
Spider, but you cant really tell how crazy this litter feller is.
This thing is from my imagination.
Prarie Dog is not thinking very clearly. We get really hungry out here...
I have to sleep with that.
Kerry, oficial trail blaze painter.
Officially blazed!
Braid singing us songs and telling scary stories. Awesome and terrifying.
Yeah, thats right.
I just really like how this was framed.
We thought this was the biggest oak on the trail, but no.
There are babies in there that it was feeding.
Largest Oak tree on the trail. Over 300 years old. Breathtaking.
Sasquach. Gave us a ride and said he would always help in a pinch while we were in Pawling. He also maintains the trails. Thank you!!! You cant see his dog Hank.
Marie Reide. Gave us a ride and a tour of Pawling and its school system. Teaches English at a Pawling boarding school. Thank you too!!!
Happy Birfday Beccer Monster!
Matt and Eddy. Cut me up like it aint no thang.
Vince. Gave us a ride. Has leukemia. Such a nice man. Good luck Vince!
I saw a regular mallard type thing swim around forty-five feet under water here. I thought it was some huge feesh (fish) at first.
Frog
Hutch's. It was awesome staying here for a couple days. We literally could not tear ourselves away.
Cool cat errr dog.
Frank N. Stein forgets his boots so he can stay at Hutch's for an extra day.
Beccer came to hike for a day and two nights.
Thom hiking for the day with us.
Cute
Mr Hutchinson hiking with us for the day as well.
Becca won the race to the top of the rock.
ahhhh...
Now FNS is looking in the right place.
Gigantic pallace for the night.
mmmmmm ramen...
In this sequence Beccer Monster is slain in an epic battle of massive preportions!!!
Goodbye Beccer Monster, you will be missed!
This sign starts a horrible road walk. We did get to see a cool hydro plant though.
Cool snake - Dead snake...
Marie? works at the P.O. and gave me two sodas!!!!! Thanks Marie
This is a train car we stayed in. It was unlocked so we helped ourselves! A kid came to lock it at night and was very scared of us. He let us stay till morning and didnt call the cops which was a great thing.
I was sleeping in a little bunk at the top and could see out those windows at the top.
Ohh yeah.... Soooo good..... mmmmmm......
tired himself out
Pictures do not show how peaceful this place looks
Tallest peak in CT. Peak is the operative word because there is a higher spot in CT that is part way up a mountain which peaks in another state. This mountain has a very tricksy publicist.
Barbara gave us a ride into Great Barrington and said we could tent on her front lawn, but we never made it back. Her husbands name is Robin.
This storm hit us out of nowhere and was horrifying for a while.
Gene here is Hutch's Aunt. She let us stay with her for the night. Her son in the picture is Irving. Irving has an older brother named Brian. She was so nice. We really felt at home here.
James gave us a ride back to the trail after we helped him move a desk into his shed. Thanks!
This picture came out great, but it was even better in person.
This tree is the same one from your childhood nightmares. It will get you and it will eat the light of your soul as sustenance.
Cream, Thoms fat cat! You cant really tell how fat he is but beleive me, this table is huge!
Momma Thom and Sistah Thom
Deb and Mike, Thoms parents
goodmorning
Best couch in existence
Hello visitors! Here is FNS's parents visiting us in Lee.
Bengle, Thoms other kitty cat who liked to hunt for Porks.
We just couldnt leave Thoms place either. Thanks again!!!!!!!
There is a phantom turtle that haunts this place. Pork was very suspicious of it.
I90
Boy scouts dont know how much food to bring on a trip. Good thing we were there to help them out!
Baby birds. Picture is bad but you could get within an inch of them without them getting scared at all.
Dalton.
Rob Bird took us in for a little stay. Here is one of his dogs, Tinker.
Brewer with a creepy stach.
This is the Price Chopper cup. It travels and believe me, is quite an honor.
We are comfortable everywhere.
Rob Bird is rockin out!
Rojo has 30 minutes to eat this 12 egg omlete and fixens. It is like 4-5lbs.
lookin good!
ohhh god!
Not feeling so hot.
...? (Divie Sack)
That eh boy!
VICTORY!!!!!!!!!!!
This diner is one of the best.
Tellin stories outside of the diner and trying to regain control of our stomachs.
Spyder gettin back from an LT run.
Dad and Dave came to visit us!!!!!! Awesome!
Longest hallway in existence. I walk all day and still did not think we would ever make it to the thearter.
Gotta get my roll in....
This is a really intense beaver damn. It keeps about 120 ft of water around 3 feet higher than normal. Very cool. Definitely the most engineering savy beavers I have met in my day.
Chris here gave us a ride into Bennington and was a little camera shy. Very nice guy.
I hunted down a lot of the moose in Bennington and there were definitely more.
A whole flock of Moosen!
One of my favorites.
Horrible rain, but we went inside while it stormed.
This guy gets a rain jacket because he has a hollow stomach and sometimes has stomach issues with the rain.
Pony express got a hotel room and said we could stay with her!!!! Shower time!!!!
Another favorite.
Goodbye Pony Express. She is recovering from lymes disease and is skipping some of the trail which is allowed because she is sectioning. I hope you recover fully soon!
This is how epic our hiking is... All the time!!!!!
Bath time for the FNS
capillers!
Awesome cloud
Kid Gore shelter. No bugs awesome views and stellar stars!
Fern Gully!
This is a fire tower on top of Stratton Mountain. We were stuck up here where the storm of our lives hit. We set up our tent inside of it and rode it out. It was thrilling, scary and fun!
Our tent didnt really fit but we made do. Lumpy was up here with us but i failed to take a picture of him. He told us some tales of his days climbing the tallest towers in the world to replace the lightbulbs on top. His best was the top of the Twin Towers before they fell.
I speared you and you are dead!
Aslan on his rock!
More evidence of Fern Gully.
Tony was a really cool cat. Gave us a ride into Manchester and told us about the local roofing business.
