{"id":4090,"date":"2007-09-04T17:51:37","date_gmt":"2007-09-04T17:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=4090"},"modified":"2025-09-30T02:02:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T02:02:40","slug":"hike-with-tim-o","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=4090","title":{"rendered":"Hike with Tim on the Appalachian Trail didn’t exactly work out as planned"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Our plans for an overnight hike  <\/strong>Tom Faranda’s Folly: Off with Tim for a hike on the Appalachian Trail<\/strong><\/a> turned instead into a day hike on Sunday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We started out late, so I had already shortened the walk, but Tim was just uncomfortable about the whole thing. Joe had opted out of going ten days earlier, and I think that raised all sorts of questions in Tim’s mind (“On my own in the woods with just Dad? In the dark?”). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As soon as we set off Tim started to complain, and after about 45 minutes I realized that if we persisted in the plan, he might very well be put off about doing any hiking in the future. So I made an Executive Decision<\/span> and called Brigid to arrange for a pick-up when we’d reach the four and a quarter miles mark. (Of course Brigid didn’t have her cell phone turned on; but that’s material for another posting.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As soon as Tim realized we were cutting the hike short, he perked up and felt much better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was actually a pretty good walk, through the Pawling Nature Reserve and then out onto a farm. It ended at Rte 22, a few yards from the official Harlem Line train stop of “Appalachian Trail” (It only stops on weekends and holidays). And we ran into a number of other hikers – some of whom were headed to the Pioneer Shelter area, where I’d planned on our overnighting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here we are as we set out from a lot in the Nature Reserve – the Appalachian Trail runs through the Reserve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And here is Tim in the woods, looking remarkably like what I think a Hobbit looks like!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After about three and a half miles in the woods, the A.T. lets out into a farm field with the trail skirting the field. A wooden water tower just visible in the background at the second line of trees is a well-known landmark. Tim insisted I hold his walking stick as he took my picture – said it looked more realistic…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The end – Brigid arrives complete with a quarter watermelon, which didn’t last long!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the way home Brigid caught Tim reflected in the side view mirror – looking at himself in the mirror <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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then he caught on to her!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was a smart move cutting the hike short. Tim started talking the next day about going back and finishing the hike – a good sign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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