{"id":335,"date":"2016-07-01T17:40:48","date_gmt":"2016-07-02T01:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calumjohnson.org\/?p=335"},"modified":"2016-07-01T17:40:48","modified_gmt":"2016-07-02T01:40:48","slug":"blog-apology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calumjohnson.org\/?p=335","title":{"rendered":"Blog Apology\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lately I feel like I’ve let the blog down. Due to higher mileage days, my time is either taken up by hiking or sleeping. Doing a blog, reading my book, and washing clothes has all taken a toll. This post won’t make up for it either, but at least it’ll be something. <\/p>\n

Since my last post I’ve completed Pennsylvania, walked through both New Jersey and New York, and now I’m in Connecticut. By the time I do another post I’ll be in Massachusetts for sure. It would be impossible to tell all the details, but here I’ll try and give some highlights.<\/p>\n

Upon crossing New Jersey I saw four bears in one day, I haven’t seen any since. New Jersey was not what I expected, the views were very nice and it felt good to get away from all the farmland of Pennsylvania. I guess it’s not all just jersey shore. New York had some character to it. The rocks seemed to get a bit better, but you’d come across random steep up hills. This made for tiresome miles and prompted a zero, my first since Harper’s Ferry. So far Connecticut is awesome. Well groomed trails and good elevation profiles. I also noticed some nice swimming holes in my guide book. Sounds like a good place for a mid day siesta. These have become important due to increasing temperatures and higher humidity than I’m used to. <\/p>\n

Through the second half of Pennsylvania and all of NJ and NY I was with Deadwood and Echo. Now though I’m on my own. Hiking in a group changes a lot of things. It’s really nice to end the day with friends, but sometimes I felt like I could have gone further. I’ll see them again for a while on and off. <\/p>\n

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My first night in NJ<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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A rare sighting of Orion!<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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I liked this sign. Unfortunately it applied to me.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Welcome to New England!<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nCurrently I’m in Cornwall Bridge CN, dodging some bad weather. Soon I’ll be in Massachusetts though. Man have these last states gone by fast!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lately I feel like I’ve let the blog down. Due to higher mileage days, my time is either taken up by hiking or sleeping. Doing a blog, reading my book, and washing clothes has all taken a toll. This post won’t make up for it either, but at least it’ll be something.  Since my last … <\/p>\n

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