Total trail mileage: 1195.0
Starting location: Before William Penn Shelter
Ending location: Black Swatara Spring
Weather: 59 degrees in the morning. 66-74 degrees during the day.
Clear and sunny all day
I am at
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.528811,+-76.201708
Nope, I didn't make it nearly as far as I was hoping. Today was the
worst day of rocks so far on the trip. They really slow me down and
are brutal on my feet. Ugh, the rest of PA will be fun. At least the
weather was great again.
The 501 Shelter is really nice. Too bad I couldn't make it to there
last night. It has a caretaker and you can even have pizza
delivered. I did get a soda and some cookies that were left by some
day hikers for us.
The caretaker said there were 27 people there two days ago. He said
not all of them were thruhikers but there were quite a few. Hmm,
everything I hear makes it sound like I am right behind and right
ahead of the crowds. I don't think I want to hurry too much.
I saw a big rattlesnake today. It had to be 5 feet long. It was
slithering in the opposite direction through the rocks. As soon as I
stopped moving (I was going to grab my camera), it started rattling,
so I promptly moved along.
I am going to have to get up real early if I am going to get to the
post office in time. I might zero in town even if I do get my
package. I hope the hotel and/or bar has a tv...if not, a number of
hikers (including me) will be dissappointed if they can't watch the
game...
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