There was the time that me and Pyro and No Sweat pulled into the Wildcat Shelter above Greewood Lake in NY state, when we met the Infamous Ward Leonard. Now, I don know how many o' yous has met up wid dis individual on Da Trail...but he's built quite a rep in da years gone by, he has. Sos, we're making the blue blaze up to da' shelter and we hear dis, like party goin on....I mean lots o' people jammin' and rappin and stuff. Laughter, womens voices and da lot. Sos Pyro looks at me and I looks at him and we says, wow, like lets go man, sounds like a party! Sos we quicken our steps an hustle on up to da shelter...Now when you get up to it, Da Trail comes in from da rear and side sos you cant make out da front, or who dare. Well, I'll tells ya, my teefacis dropd out o' my heads when I saw what I saw....Pyro guffed and I huffed. No Sweat bow her pretty head to keep from Laughin' out loud......cause there was no one dare, but one guy, sittin' pretty as you would as do nothin' was happnin. Well, I never...! I was so flusterd...So da guy looked kinda strange an all, did't do to much talkin' dat nite do. Sos....I figurd he wadn't all dare....needless to say. We laughed long into da day, an Ward Leonard was in an out o' da hike to da Frirey upstate. Sos...If yas ever hear some strange hootin' and hollerin' up Da Trail in da woods ahead....Yous might assume ita be Ole' Ward up dare doin' his ting tryin' to Jack Folks UP................'Tales O' Da Trail' by Kozmic Zian.........................................

Watch out for the 'squitoes. We had a trail guide that said that Wildcat boasts a pump that has "never failed," but when we got there the pump was gone! The cement base is still there; it sits at the top of the site's spring which is perfect for filtering - if the bugs don't get you!

I remember having to nudge the frog out of the puddle to get water there at that spring last summer....

Koz....are you like the Uncle Rheemus of the AT?

Anybody know what the water situationis like these days? I should be passing through there next weekend.

Very dry this weekend .. just a bit more than puddle.

Stopped here for lunch on a day hike in April between NY 17A and West Mombasha Road. Please note that this is the only legal camping spot between Wawayanda Shelter (last one in NJ NOBO) and Fingerboard Shelter in Harriman State Park. This is a distance of 26.3 miles; people doing long hikes in the area should plan accordingly. The shelter is plain, with just a flat floor, but clean and pretty well maintained. You could probably get 8 in there comfortably and 10 if you squished. It's a bit off the trail, but the path is easy to follow, even with the ground covered in leaves as it was during our visit. The spring wasn't real strong there even in the beginning of April, so I suspect it generally doesn't last long in the summer (though this year might be an exception!) There weren't a lot of obvious camp sites, but I suspect if you looked harder than we did you could find more. I still bet it fills up pretty quick, though. There is a composting privy, which has "The Cathouse" written on the front door. :rolleyes: There is also a new bear box, which is secured by a metal rod bent in a square shape. I doubt very much that the bears could get it out; however, it might be too fiendish even for people to get in and out. I tried, and couldn't quite get it. It's up on the top of the ridge, so in winter it probably gets pretty cold.