Day 83 - 6/06

Daily mileage: 17.7
Total trail mileage: 1112.0
Starting location: After Pine Grove Furnace State Park
Ending location: Boiling Springs, PA
Weather: 70 degrees in the morning, 74-84 degrees during the day.
Cloudy and drizzling in the morning and early afternoon. Clear and
sunny and breezy in the late afternoon

I am at
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.150728,+-77.113163

There were two interesting sections today. The rest was a really easy
"Green Tunnel". The first section was a giant boulder field on the
top of a mountain. The trail weaved around, through, up, and down the
boulders. It was a lot of fun climbing on the rocks. The second area
was going through Cumberland Valley farms. The trail is perfectly
flat (the longest stretch of flat I have seen on the trail thus far)
and I was walking right through the middle of the fields. I was
concerned about being covered in ticks, but nobody saw any in that
section.

It was threatening to really rain all morning, and the ridgerunner
said there was a tornado warning for the area. Fortunately, the storm
just missed us, and we only got drizzle throughout the early part of
the day. Supposedly a cold, dry front is moving in, so hopefully the
raininess and humidity will end for a bit.

I was not planning on stopping at Boiling Springs as I will be out at
Duncannon Tuesday night. But, I was unaware of an 18-mile camping
restriction. So, the only options were to camp in town (they have a
campsite), or stay at the Playhouse Inn. So, I stayed at the Inn
which turned out to be really awesome. It is one of the nicest hotels
I have stayed at on the trail and it is really cheap. Supposedly the
normal rates are something like $160 for the night. They give the
rooms to hikers for $25. There is also usually an option to have
dinner and a play, but the performance today was in the afternoon, so
I missed that.

There were a few other hikers here, so I hung out with them for dinner
and then we watched the Flyers game. For the next couple weeks, I
need to schedule my town stops around the World Cup games :)

Tomorrow I'll get half way to Duncannon, so I have an easy day into
town Tuesday morning. I wouldn't stop at Duncannon, but everyone says
I have to stay at the Doyle hotel in town. So, if I must, I'll
sacrifice and spend another night off trail...sigh...