{"id":872,"date":"2018-09-13T07:58:34","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T07:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/?p=872"},"modified":"2026-10-15T14:34:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T18:34:42","slug":"mile-728-ct-ny-september-4-north-of-bulls-bridge-rd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/mile-728-ct-ny-september-4-north-of-bulls-bridge-rd\/","title":{"rendered":"Near Kent, CT to North of Bulls Bridge Rd, 7 mi (AT 728)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>September 4th, 2018, Connecticut and New York<\/p>\n<p>I made it to Kent around 8:30am and stopped by the Welcome Center. It is a small building with some town information, bathrooms, and a shower around back.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-873 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/88974DD9-E778-482D-9164-D635CED02BD1-300x177.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/88974DD9-E778-482D-9164-D635CED02BD1-300x177.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/88974DD9-E778-482D-9164-D635CED02BD1-768x453.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/88974DD9-E778-482D-9164-D635CED02BD1-1024x605.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/88974DD9-E778-482D-9164-D635CED02BD1.jpeg 1704w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The shower takes quarters but there was no way to get quarters at the building. I decided to go do laundry first because there is always a change machine.<\/p>\n<p>After laundry I went to the grocery store and then to the post office to pick up my package. Kent is a fairly small town and, thankfully, these places were all very close together.<\/p>\n<p>After all the errands were finished I headed back to the Welcome Center and got cleaned up. On the way out of town I stopped at Annie Bananie, because the name made me think of someone. I ordered a hot dog and ice cream and charged my electronics a bit before leaving town.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-874 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/E51CFFF5-62BC-4446-BEE7-3DD71919282A-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/E51CFFF5-62BC-4446-BEE7-3DD71919282A-300x225.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/E51CFFF5-62BC-4446-BEE7-3DD71919282A-768x576.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/E51CFFF5-62BC-4446-BEE7-3DD71919282A-1024x768.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I took my time and it was almost 3pm when I started walking back toward the trail. The day had been hot and humid but tomorrow should be a little cooler, then cooler still later in the week.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-875 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/3280DB61-59E8-4250-B55F-D4285300DAAE-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/3280DB61-59E8-4250-B55F-D4285300DAAE-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/3280DB61-59E8-4250-B55F-D4285300DAAE-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/3280DB61-59E8-4250-B55F-D4285300DAAE-1024x768.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was just a few miles until I reached the border with New York. I had enjoyed hiking in Connecticut. The AT here had its challenges, but I thought it was nicely balanced with miles of great trails, quaint towns, and interesting narrow views. Despite the sign, I think the trail meanders back into Connecticut for a few miles tomorrow before crossing back to New York for good.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-876 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FD3DC762-81A1-4073-8CD9-C67F11326771-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FD3DC762-81A1-4073-8CD9-C67F11326771-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FD3DC762-81A1-4073-8CD9-C67F11326771-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FD3DC762-81A1-4073-8CD9-C67F11326771-1024x768.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 4th, 2018, Connecticut and New York I made it to Kent around 8:30am and stopped by the Welcome Center. It is a small building with some town information, bathrooms, and a shower around back. The shower takes quarters but there was no way to get quarters at the building. I decided to go do &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/mile-728-ct-ny-september-4-north-of-bulls-bridge-rd\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Near Kent, CT to North of Bulls Bridge Rd, 7 mi (AT 728)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appalachian-trail-sobo-2018-19","category-hiking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=872"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2267,"href":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872\/revisions\/2267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iprobablywill.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}