camping

I'll write the rest of this up later, but while it was fresh on my mind. I went hiking this weekend, and because I missed the train that goes to "Applachian Trail Station" I looked up the closest next station and found it to be only 1.9 miles away so I got a ticket to there and hiked back. However, when I got to the train station... there was no there, there. Nada. I back tracked, I forward tracked, I circled around. I was carrying ~40lbs of crap on my back, and 2 hours of this bumping around Rt.22 was getting old. And while I can be proud in this case I was ready and willing to ask directions, but this was the side of a highway.

Finally caught someone in their front yard and they set me straight, I was off by more than a mile. Or rather, google AND the MTA are both off by more than a mile. They correlate, reality doesn't.

Here is a map from the "Appalachian Trail Station" to "The real Appalachian Trail Station" - sattelite view shows you the pavillion that is the station.

More later - with pictures!

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Spring is in the air, birds are singing, and I'm inside working. The past week has been gorgeous here in NYC and I find myself with my deep seated desire to be on the side of a mountain; somewhere in Appalachia, with a fishing line in the water, and coffee in the percolator on the fire.

Seriously, I've always been outdoorsy and perhaps my only regret about choosing NYC as a place to live is that I don't see the green often enough. Its not that it is that hard to get to either. Metro north to the end of the line and you are sitting at the foot of a mountain. Two hours hike from there and you might actually be able to hear yourself think... *sigh*.

Maybe this coming weekend... Get the current site launched, put the next off for two days and just GO!!!