3 Years Later

Resuming this hike after 3 years! Lots of changes in the world. I can't drink Yuengling anymore, for instance. We've been busy... had a few other hikes in the mean time, including one long one in Europe. But starting tomorrow we're finally back on the Finger Lakes Trail heading east to the Catskills.

I've been reviewing the old blog entries and they're a bit wordy and whiny. Yes, there are annoyances and the highway is loud, but there's a lot of joy to be generated too, so let's focus there.

Today we were the loudness, zooming in a Greyhound right past Tuller Hill State Forest (where we left the trail in 2014) up Interstate 81 to Cortland. We'll take one last civilized dinner at the Green Arch (as is tradition!) and tomorrow, hit the trail!

The pool at the Cortland Hampton Inn is warm & familiar. Third best pool on our hike so far, after Carmen's Hotel in Canada and the Villager Motel in Watkins Glen.

The Green Arch has new owners but is still excellent. A little sad to have the old-fashioneds pre-muddled. (It used to take 15 minutes to get a drink here, but worth the wait!)