Important Milestones

I’m writing this entry a day late due to limited connectivity last night, but the events described all happened on Monday, 22 April 2019.  

We hist some milestones today.  We crossed the three hundred mile mark late in the day on our push to our campsite at Chittning Pond near Sangerville, NY.  It was the second day in a row where we covered over nineteen miles. We received an offer from the Fire Chief in Brooksfield, NY to camp on the grounds of the Volunteer Fire Department.  Someone bought us lunch for the first time.

Of all the things that happened, one of the most important events was our trip to the Post Office in West Winfield, NY.

Dad taking care of business in West Winfield, NY.

You may be asking yourself….A post office being the most important event in a day filled with milestones….What’s so important about a post office?

The post office in West Winfield allowed up to get rid of almost three pounds of excess weight we’d been carrying.  Dad got rid of an external cell phone battery, a camera, a UA base layer top, and UA baselayer tights. I added a pair of socks and a UA baselayer top to the package.

Three pounds may not seem like a lot, but you can feel every ounce after three hundred miles of walking.  Getting rid of excess weight becomes a real moment of celebration.

The second best part of the day was finding a great camping site on public land that didn’t appear to prohibit camping, but that’s a story for another day.