You Know You are in New York When....

About 10 miles into New York, Helmet, Fire Fly and I were picking our way down a steep trail to a creek when we came across a man standing on the rock in the middle and pointing a handgun into the water.  I came to realize that it was Spartan and soon saw Blue Moon sitting on a boulder close by.  It didn't seem likely, but I was wondering whether he might be trying to shoot a trout for dinner (you just never know around here).

It turns out that the two of them were sitting on a hill just above the stream when Blue Moon noticed a faint outline of something that looked like a gun in the water.  Spartan agreed and navigated through the water to fish it out.  When we caught up with him he was in the process of cleaning up a 45 Magnum. It's not every day you come across a weapon like that at the bottom of a stream...but maybe so in New York...not to far from NYC.  We all agreed that this was likely a gun that someone wanted to see lost permanently and was unaware of the AT traffic in the area. 

Spartan and Blue Moon jumped off the trail to deposit their find with the State Forest Police.  Will be interesting if anything comes of it.

P.S. I found no other evidence along the way, like dead bodies, etc.