Hike Under A Full-ish Sturgeon Moon on the Appalachian Trail Boardwalk

Can't believe we made it!

After epic Saturday evening traffic around NYC - the weather was gorgeous late Aug - the van got stuck in 3 boroughs navigating between dropoffs from an earlier trip and picking up V.

The van arrived an hour late to our Astoria pickup. A HUGE thank you for fam's extraordinary patience on a difficult pickup process that evening 🙏

After we drove out of the city towards a beautiful sunset, we arrived at our trailhead to clear skies. 

The rest of the night, we hiked under a gorgeous full-ish moon the entire time 😍 And bonus! A partial lunar eclipse from the earth's shadow on it made it look all coppery.

Experiencing this other side of nature is a must for anyone who appreciates the outdoors. You hear, smell and experiences things you'd never catch during the day. All your senses are twice as alive when your vision is limited. 

Turn off your headlamps and it's suddenly brighter than you expected because... full moon. Now you're feeling that energy and can begin to understand how easily humans survived this long without a.i., without computers, without artificial light.

These trips don't occur often. The moon's schedule, our schedule and the weather all have to align. So yeah, despite the delays in getting out there, we were meant to be out there that night.

Thank you, fam!

GALLERY

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