A Different kind of Day at the GunKs

The Saturday after my Birthday, Marissa and I went for a hike at the Gunks, which is something that we’d never done the in the 2 years that we’ve been making the trek to the Mohonk Preserve. Our usual activity is rock climbing, but the Covid shutdowns, led to summer and we never got out for a climbing trip before the weather got hot.  Between the heat, which I don’t like and the pregnancy, which limits us to single pitch, climbing at the Gunks has been out since the Preserve opened.

Still, it’s been a while since we’ve gone more than 50 minutes from the house, and those Preserve memberships have to be used somehow, so we set the early alarms for a 6 am departure leaving enough time to get some bagels on the way, and hopefully still find parking in the West Trapps Parking Lot.