Waking up before sunrise, we got out of town before 5am for a long day of travel to the Southern and Northern Terminus of the Trans Adirondack Route. A mile and a half ON the Trans ADK is a long term parking area (more of a remote campsite) where I parked my truck and met our ride to the Albany amtrak station. That stretch goes from dirt road to what is pretty much an ATV track to a dead end campsite. Lando thanks again for the ride and company from the southern terminus to Albany!
The amtrak was relaxing and quite scenic, following Lake Champlain up to Plattsburgh and the price of travel was comparable to bus fairs. When we boarded the train I got a message via Facebook from a woman named Gracanne who asked if we had a ride from Plattsburgh to Ellenburg (three miles from the start of the trail), which we did not. I messaged her back but did my hear back so when we arrived in Plattsburgh we went strait for food.
After grabbing a milkshake and dinner for the night we found the road to start hitching Rt 22 which in town was a two lane one way with no shoulder.....optimal for hitching. After following the road for a good hitching spot, we walked up near an elementary school and low and behold a familiar face was sitting in her car! Gracanne had just pulled into the parking area to turn around because her young granddaughter spotted 'backpackers' and we walked right to her!! The trail always provides.
Gracanne was kind enough to drive us to Ellenburg and also drove us to the start of the trail because she was curious and it is a road intersection with not much else. After checking out the beginning of the trail she drove us back to Ellenburg where we scored the last motel room at the Matthews Motel, roughly three miles from the start. If we don't get a ride to the trailhead in the morning it's three extra miles on a forty three mile roadwalk! We anticipatey getting up extra early to bang out as many miles as possible and get the roadwalk done and behind us. Excited to get hiking again!
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