Two are Better than One

Tonight we are staying in the Finger Board Shelter located in Harriman State Park, just south of Warwick, NY. We walked about 14 mi (+) to get here. 

This day's walk was tough and included obstacles with names like The Lemon Squeezer and the  Agony Grinder. We thought the last 3 miles to the shelter would never end.

                                                                                        

       Entrance to the Lemon Squeezer

The Lemon Squeezer is like the Fat Man's Squeeze up at Grand Father mountain and has high rock walls on both sides. Nephew is strong enough that he just bulled his way through it with his pack on. Uncle knew he could not follow suit. 

So I lifted my pack up to Nephew using my trekking pole and then walked through the small space easily. After that challenge there was a wall straight up. Again Nephew was able to climb up high enough in it to throw his pack up and then negotiate the climb. He told me "Uncle you may want to take the path around this wall because I have no idea how I just climbed it."

But once again I lifted up my pack to him with a pole and then studied the wall. I quickly saw the necessary hand holds and clambered up.

                                            

                                                                          The Lemon Squeezer

In Ecclesiastes 4 we are told "Two are better than one because they can help each other succeed." Today was a clear example of that ancient, but still very relevant, biblical truth. 

Team work is so important. Please join our "hiking to help refugees" team by giving toward our goal of $100K and by praying for us as we do this thru hike. And thanks ahead of time for joining.

David(Uncle)