Margot Gerster and Hillary Clinton in Chappaqua, N.Y., on Thursday. (Via Margot Gerster’s Facebook page)

A “heartbroken” Hillary Clinton supporter decided to take her daughter for a hike in New York’s Westchester County on Thursday, a day after Donald Trump’s stunning victory over the former secretary of state in the presidential election. And she got quite a shock as they were coming off the wooded trail.

“I’ve been feeling so heartbroken since yesterday’s election and decided what better way to relax than take my girls hiking,” Margot Gerster wrote on Facebook. “So I decided to take them to one of [my] favorite places in Chappaqua.”

“We were the only ones there, and it was so beautiful and relaxing,” Gerster continued. “As we were leaving, I heard a bit of rustling coming towards me and as I stepped into the clearing there she was, Hillary Clinton and Bill with their dogs doing exactly the same thing as I was.”

Clinton has not made a public appearance since Wednesday morning, when the defeated Democratic nominee gave her concession speech, holding back tears in front of devastated family and staff at a Manhattan hotel. Yet Clinton, smiling and dressed in all black, posed for a photo with Gerster and what appeared to be one of the former first lady’s dogs at her feet.

Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton went on a hike today with their dogs in Chappaqua (h/t @MCappetta) pic.twitter.com/LZzblqWBMW — Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) November 10, 2016

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