The Exit of NY state, 17 May

Today was a milestone day -- we walked into Pennsylvania, departing New York state.  We entered NY by crossing Mt.Lebanon on 14 April , and walked slightly more than 410 miles getting across the state, leaving it near the town of North East PA today, 17 May.   I'm experiencing mixed emotions.  Anticipation and excitement about entering state number 4 in our adventure, and a certain mount of concern that this part of the journey will not live up to the  high standards of relationships we've experienced in the earlier part of the trip.  And a little regret that we're leaving behind wonderful people with whom we've engaged and who have incessently enriched our lives in myriads of ways.  Our challenge now is to maintain the friendships that have been initiated.  Not an easy task, in view of the course we've set for ourselves for the near future.     C'est le vie !      Tomorrow we press on toward Erie, PA:  new experiences new people --  it will be difficult to match those which we already experienced.  But we're open to that happening.    Jay