I felt much better today. Sleeping on a beach next to a river and waking up cold was a nice antidote to the last few days (that's right, COLD!!). I made coffee and headed out. There was a deli about 10 miles into today's walk, so that was the goal for lunch.
Instead of the deli, I ended up at a Garden Centre that offered an outdoor showerhead (with roughly zero privacy), cold drinks, ice cream, and power supply for charging devices. I stayed on their porch for a couple of hours to eat my own food and lighten my pack, and charge my phone.
As usual these days, I headed back on the trail with no idea where the next water source would be. It turns out that the answer was Nuclear Lake. I'd been warned not to touch the water here, and my trail guide notably did not include it as a water source. That said, there were no warnings about water or fish toxicity posted anywhere near the lake. Ponds aren't my favourite water source, but these days I'm not very picky. I did what I usually do when faced with a substandard water option - take some with me, but don't use it unless it becomes necessary.
It's a good thing I brought it, since there were no other water sources around. I may be radioactive, but at least I'm not thirsty.
Besides, maybe this is going to be my origin story.
Start: Ten Mile River
End: South end of Nuclear Lake
Distance: 16.2 miles
* At some point today I crossed into New York. New York must just assume we'll feel the difference, because there were no signs.
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