Shawangunks

Sam’s Point to Castle Point.

Meow. Crack. Geek. Ow.

Tuesday: I’ve mentioned a few times that I think the roads I’m running on are causing the pain in my right knee, and the pain in my left Achilles tendon. While I was walking back home from the grocery store tonight, I started noticing that my hips were hurting, because they were being thrown off by the curve of the road.

Earlier this month, my friend Ken and I headed down to check out more of the section of the Shawangunk Ridge that had been burned. I had gone for a short hike two weeks before, and I was curious to see more of this transitional landscape. We parked off of Ferguson road, at a small parking lot for Wurtsboro Ridge State Forest, then headed out on the little used, yellow-blazed, connector trail to the Long Path.

I had planned on heading down to check out Shawangunk State Forest on Sunday, but as luck would have it a work emergency came up. My boss was kind enough to OK a personal day for Monday, and my wife was kind enough to take care of my familial responsibilities, so, off I went.