Just an aside...

Looking at the AT 2008 Data Book, when Jack and Chris reach Front Royal, Virginia, home of many friends at Christendom College, they will have reached mile 957.6, only 1,218.6 miles from Mt. Katahdin, Maine! This section of the trail, from Waynesboro, VA to Duncannon, PA is relatively "old hat" to them, as they have hiked it several times in the past few years. They have been fortunate thus far, and we continue to hope for the best so they reach their long-awaited goal.