Julie and I are hiking the Appalachian Trail in the US from Springer Mt, Georgia, to Mt Katahdin, Maine, in the north, a distance of almost 2,200 miles (3,540 km). Our journey will start in early May 2023 and is expected to take about five months. We will be mostly camping, carrying 3-5 days of supplies to get us between resupply points, where we will be staying in hostels/hotels/motels where we can. I hiked the entire Appalachian Trail back in 1986 so it will be interesting to see how much has changed and how much it has stayed the same.

Appalachian Trail - Day 082 - Delaware Water Gap Day Off

Day: 082

Date: Saturday, 15 July 2023

Start:  Delaware Water Gap (AT Mile 1296.9)

Finish:  Delaware Water Gap (AT Mile 1296.9)

Daily Kilometres:  0

GPX Track:  Click here for Julie’s Strava & Photos from her walk around town today.

Total Kilometres:  2180.2

Weather:  Mostly overcast, very warm and humid with a late shower.

Accommodation:  Motel

Nutrition:

  Breakfast:  Breakfast sandwich on sourdough, choc chip muffins.

  Lunch:  Chicken salad sandwiches & fries.

  Dinner:  Pizza, apple crumble & ice cream.

Aches:  Nothing to report.

Highlight:  None really.

Lowlight:  None really.

Pictures: No pictures today.

Map and Position: Click here for Google Map

Journal:

We slept in and bought a late breakfast from the Dunkin Donuts next to the motel.  Rarely seen such grumpy staff!

We then finished planning our tentative schedule for the next couple of weeks and Julie went and purchased what we need for the next few days from the few local stores (not many in Delaware Water Gap), buying some lunch for us on her way back to the.motel.

Julie went for a walk around town after lunch, catching up with a few more of the thru-hikers we know, then we relaxed for the rest of the afternoon.

Later we got some takeout pizza for dinner.  Thunderstorms and heavy rain forecast for tomorrow morning when we go back on the trail!

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