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Best Day Hiking Applachian Trail, New Jersey: Pochuck Mountain to Happy Hills Farm.

On our last day on the Appalachian Trail we hiked from Pochuck Mountain Shelter to Happy Hills Farm and it was the prettiest section we hiked. Beautiful green tunnels, georgious streams, the extended boardwalk making it possible to see all types of fauna in the swamppy areas, and the suspension bridge. We even crossed a railroad track! Huge thanks to Rashell and Tim Smyer for picking us up at the end of our hike and hosting us near the PA/NJ line, where we stayed before and after backpackign the NJ Section. Also, many thanks to the Appalachian Trail Section Hikers on Facebook which provide much helpful information and to George Lightcap, an great shuttle driver for this area. Backpacking an entire state section of the Appalachian Trail has been a dream of ours for years. And we got close, backpacking from the Delaware River Gap to New Jersey State Highway 94 and Heavenly Hills Farms, completing 63.5 AT Miles (plus 4-5 miles of side trails). We will have to hike the last 9 miles of New Jersey when we do the New York section. The most surprising thing to us was the quality of the shelters and the privies, which made the hike much more enjoyable than we had imagined. We carried a tent the entire way, but because of the season (September) we had each of the shelters we needed to ourselves, including Brinks, Mashipacong, and Pochuck Mountain shelters. This is an amazing section of the AT and we encourage you to hike it some day! Are you over 60 years old? Do you enjoy the great outdoors and want to try backpacking? Wondering if you can? Please be assured you can! If we can do it (mid 60s and overweight) you can do it! Recent statistics and thorough studies have proven that longevity is directly related to how much you move, or stated more succinctly “use it or lose it.” See the article on this topic in the recent issue of Outside Magazine. If you have any questions at all about our AT backpacking adventures, please feel free to reach out in the comments section below. We love to talk about our hiking and backpacking adventures. Justin and I both work full-time. Backpacking (and making videos) is a hobby we love. If you enjoy our videos, we would very much appreciate a thumbs up and/or a comment, so we know you are enjoying what we are sharing. If you want to get notices when we post videos and encourage us to keep spending our free time putting these together, please subscribe as well. Regardless – GET OUT THERE!