July 7, 2009

Here is a recap of a voicemail I recently received:

Jack and Chris made it to Pine Knob Shelter last night. During the day they walked past Washington Monument State Park. They met hikers FreeChild and BamBam. Later, they met up with Andrew and Will at the I-70 bridge and walked back to Pine Knob Shelter. They all caught up a little bit. Andrew enjoyed meeting Aquafresh and Peter- thru hikers who shared good times with them. At 3 am Andrew was awakened by a sound and said, "What's that?"
Jack woke up scared and screamed at the top of his lungs and woke up the entire campsite, which turned out to be funny. Apparently the cause of the situation was a food bag that had fallen. (Overnight hikers have to hang up their bags on strings suspended from the air to keep them out of the reach of mice, bears, etc.)

Today they walked 26.2 miles and reached Tumbling Run Shelter. They met up with Baltimore buddy Kevin and enjoyed his company. They have crossed out of Maryland until after they finish the hike. They have 210 miles to cover in Pennsylvania, which should take about 9 days.

The next trail town will be Boiling Springs, PA according to Jack.

Jack finished his report with noting that the trail is now rocky, which is "kinda weird."

Over and out....