The plan was for me to drive about 3 hours to Meadowlark Farm B&B in Warwick where I will leave my car and Dorothy will shuttle me to Bellvale Farms Creamery which is close to the trail. I will either meet Dave and Matt there and hike about 2 miles to the Wildcat shelter or just meet them at the shelter that night.
The drive to Warwick was pretty easy. Most of the driving was on Interstates 90 and 84 which were pretty good. Got to Warwick around noon and was getting ready to be shuttled to the trail when I received a text from Dave. He fell and injured his ankle and was in the process of getting off the trail. Bummer! It was fortunate that I hadn’t gotten shuttled to the trail yet so I was able to drive and get them as they got off the trail. Dave and Matt were making their way down the Village Vista Trail from the AT to the little Village of Greenwood Lake. With his injury, it would take an hour and a half or more before they could get to the village so I had plenty of time. The Bellvale Farms Creamery is on the way so I stopped there for some ice cream and checked it out.
Nice place, great views and good ice cream.
Greenwood Lake Village is small and looks like a resort town. It’s on the north tip of a sizeable lake. I found the trail head and waited in the car for their arrival.
It was overcast and threatening to rain. A drizzle started and turned into a downpour. It rained hard for maybe 20 minutes then stopped before Matt and Dave emerged from the trail. Both were soaked and Dave was hobbling. He had wrapped his ankle.
We decided to get their cars and stay in a hotel that night. They are both getting off the trail and will head home. I left my car at the B&B. They will drop me off at the trail in the morning.
We had a steak dinner at an Outback restaurant which was a stones throw from the hotel. Then off to bed for an early rise in the morning.
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