Day 1 - Finger LakesTrail — Sprinkles Hikes

Getting to the trail was definitely an adventure today! NoKey's dad had to work this weekend so our ride to the trail fell through. After getting a friend (thank you, Darryle!) to drive us to Ithaca, we took the bus to Binghamton and then to Monticello, where we got lucky and got a taxi. Lucky is the word I use because we met Rock- he's a hiker and he knew where we needed to go ... Well, sort of! We got us to the YMCA in Frost Valley, which I just assumed would be a building but no! It was an enormous camp encompassing the entire valley, which is on both sides of the mountain range in the middle. In the end we got to the Slide Mountain trailhead, but not the RIGHT Slide Mountain Trailhead. Instead of a 1 mile up and back, we had 4 miles one way to the FLT eastern terminus. We dubbed it bonus miles and walked it happily.

From here, it was 1 mile to the parking lot where we started our very long road walk. We walked about 2 more miles before coming to the only campsite we could legally use, so we gladly stopped since it was already 5:30. We built a campfire and had small dinners before calling it a night.

Don't go any further! Unless you're on foot!