{"id":12307,"date":"2021-08-29T18:13:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-29T22:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trampntrail.org\/?p=12307"},"modified":"2021-09-08T18:19:52","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T22:19:52","slug":"7147-watch-hill-august-29-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trampntrail.org\/2021\/08\/29\/7147-watch-hill-august-29-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"7147 Watch Hill
August 29, 2021<\/br>"},"content":{"rendered":"
Write-up: Jim Wasielewski<\/p>\n
Leader: Bobbie Scarpino<\/p>\n
Co-Leader: Lu Blanchard<\/p>\n
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A rather interesting day, first of all, as we’re going down River Road we saw this guy, rather disheveled carrying\u00a0a backpack and bicycle wheel.\u00a0 I normally don’t pick up strangers, but somebody carrying\u00a0a bike tire, he had to be OK. So stopped and he was surprised\u00a0that I wanted to give him a ride as he wasn’t hitch-hiking. Asked how he was and he said it was a good week, his girlfriend\u00a0had left\u00a0 with his best friend and he only\u00a0had the clothes in his backpack.. Then his car got a flat tire and he slept out last night under a bush, the bugs were bad.\u00a0I thought if this was a good\u00a0week what were his\u00a0bad weeks like. We were going to drop him off at his car but he couldn’t remember exactly where it was, only next to the 4-lane highway. Took him to the Rt 49 West\u00a0ramp, no car, try the ramp to the East. There it was with a\u00a0tire flatter than a pancake. He was happy with\u00a0the lift. I never made the connection between the bicycle\u00a0wheel he was carrying\u00a0and the flat tire. Some things are better left alone. He said people\u00a0were really good to him. Lorrie asked me if I noticed his painted fingernails. I think\u00a0 some almighty power was testing me, wonder how I did.<\/p>\n
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Now about the hike, 9 of us hiked 2.5 miles on a very overcast and cool day. Nice to have some cool weather. Unfortunately the only view we had was of the clouds. No Indian\u00a0Lake, no Snowy Mt.<\/p>\n
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However\u00a0it was very enjoyable. A fellow from Saudi\u00a0Arabia whose daughter was attending Syracuse University was one of our group. He found us on Google. A very nice person, as we all can appreciate nature and fellowship.<\/p>\n
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Write-up: Jim Wasielewski Leader: Bobbie Scarpino Co-Leader: Lu Blanchard A rather interesting day, first of all, as we’re going down River Road we saw this guy, rather disheveled carrying\u00a0a backpack and bicycle wheel.\u00a0 I normally don’t pick up strangers, but somebody carrying\u00a0a bike tire, he had to be OK. So stopped and he was surprised\u00a0that I wanted to give him a ride as he wasn’t hitch-hiking. Asked how he was and he said it was a good week, his girlfriend\u00a0had…<\/p>\n