Day #10 on the Paumanok Path...

Rosa and I decided to squeak in a short hiking day today, as our schedules allowed for an hour or so.  We knew we had a nice 2 . 5 mile clip we could complete, so we decided to go for it.  I invited Dakota to join us, and happily, she accepted.

We began where we left off last weekend, at the intersection of Majors Path and Cove Neck Lane. It was about 12:30 when we began, so the heat was in full force by the time we stepped on the trail. This section was pretty uneventful, as we traveled around the southern border of the Southampton Landfill, and up and over some pretty steep terrain. We thought we were done with these kinds of hills once we finished the Manorville section, but I guess not!

We came across this fallen tree, which from afar looked like a giant spider, and some dirt bikers, who thankfully slowed as they passed us on the trail.

It was a great day, and it was really nice to have Dakota with us today. She taught us about the gender of pine cones, lichen on the trees, and even cleared some spider webs as we walked (that's what happens to the line leader).

We went a distance of 2 . 38 miles, all of which were in the woods, which was nice. Other than the heat sucking the life out of us, we had a great day.

We came up to one of the largest glacial erratics we have seen, Dakota climbed to the top, took some pics, and of course, we had to take a selfie before we left! We saw the word "PROM?" in blue paint across the front side of the rock ~ although quite the romantic gesture, this beautiful rock is now blasted with blue paint for all to see. I was a bit disappointed about the paint, but it was still a beautiful spot to see right before we exited the woods.

The trail exits out onto Great Hill Road, just west of a large tower.  This will make it easy for us to find it's entrance on our next hiking day.

We are moving right along, with a little over 70 miles under our feet. Our goal is to complete the trail before Dakota returns to college on the 27th of this month. We are on track to accomplish this goal, so we are very excited.

You can check out our progress on the map below.

Until Next Time,

Rosa & The Thruhiker's Wife