So, the day we hiked out of Duncannon, it decided to rain on us so we only made it about 6 miles. Since Pa is decently flat, we did 24 the next day to make up for it. Thank goodness it's been rainy, or we definitely wouldn't of made it through without having to stop in town to get water.
I got to go home (state college) for the fourth of July and see my sister run a triathlon. I thought it would last longer than it did, but apparently it was the sprint type, which aren't as long and she cut some time off- yay! I also got to meet some of her co-workers, all of whom were really nice and had some good, thoughtful questions about the trail.
Since then, CC and I hiked into the Delaware water gap, then into New Jersey where my aunt and uncle picked us up and are currently letting us stay @ their house whilst we slackpack an ENTIRE state! It's been great, and I could kind of get used to it, but I definitely feel the trail calling me back. We did do some trail magic today, which made me feel much better about sleeping in a real bed every night.
The bear situation in Jersey isn't too bad. I believe it's over-rated, just like the 'killer' rocks were in Pa. Though this state supposedly has 1 bear per square mile, we've only ran into two. We did, however, run into 2 ENORMOUS bears right before heading down into the DWG on the Pa side. I scared them off with my loud, boisterous voice though:)
Tomorrow is our last day of slacking, then we head into the 'wild' blue yonder of New York state and the mountains somewhere beyond that with our fully loaded packs.
P.S.- 1/2 Elvis and Buckeye-CATCH UP!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment