Cold water on a hot day in New York state.

We caught a train from Pauling, New York into New York City and Manhattan. Welcome to Grand Central Station.

You can't go to New York without eating some hot dogs. I was more into the sausage and kraut.

What, don't people ever swim in Bethesda Fountain in Central Park?

Marcus on Broadway - We seemed to fit right in with the other bums. Notice that nobody even pays attention to him hanging on the sign.

Lady Liberty in the distance

It's either a really big tree or I'm just happy to be back on the trail.

Marcus spitting off of Bear Mountain Bridge

Somehow we ended up at a swimming pool.

And eating a big spaghetti dinner with wine...oh yeah, and real dishes.

Stryder (Merideth), Grant (Green), Marcus, I and another guy in a yellow shirt that was Grant's friend.

The back side of Cat Rock - where we stayed the night of the 13th. It's sort of a small castle overlooking the Hudson Valley. It is owned by the Osborne family who's great Grandfather built the home. If memory serves correctly, he made his money in banking, but had also been an officer in the military. We were very fortunate to be invited to stay here by another thru-hiker and her friend, Grant Osborne

The back side of Cat Rock - where we stayed the night of the 13th. It's sort of a small castle overlooking the Hudson Valley. It is owned by the Osborne family who's great Grandfather built the home. If memory serves correctly, he made his money in banking, but had also been an officer in the military. We were very fortunate to be invited to stay here by another thru-hiker and her friend, Grant Osborne.

Marcus' beard is coming in pretty well with the "castle" again in the background.