As noted, the trail was fairly strenuous. It increased to a laughable amount, where the rocks were more apparent than the trail. At this point, everyone was hiking below one mile per hour, especially with everything rainy and wet.

My phone died at one point, which meant no music and no blogging until I reached the next town, Delaware Water Gap.

We hiked a solid day and set up camp in a shelter. Soon after came our long-lost hiker friends Willy Wonka and Boucher! They were hikers from a large group that we used to hike with. They were followed by a summer camp group of children and counselors. They were a lot of fun, and we had a great time hanging out in the shelter.

Despite the rain, we stayed mostly dry when we hiked out, and we avoided any injuries on slippery rocks.

We made it into Delaware Water Gap today, and after the usual town errands and some pie, we found Monopoly at the hostel. We got a pizza, soda, and had a family game night between all of us. It feels great to reunite with relatively “old” friends and share a night of fun.