74-76 days: William Penn Refugio A Cove Mountain Shelter

We woke up feeling rested and left the camp just after 7. After crossing the road, we find a popular sliding takeoff place.

We walked a few miles and stopped at the William Penn shelter, a two -story building with sleeping space in a second floor loft.

The walk was very easy, and the rocks of Pennsylvania were not so bad for us. We stopped in a good camp right side by the path called Stay-At-Swatara, just after Swatara Gap. We have two hot pockets each, a snickers ice cream bar and a couple of soft drinks.

We decided to keep the mileage of this day shorter than we were capable of. Originally we had planned to stay in a primitive camp a few miles further, but a large storm cell was rolling quickly. We quickly drink some water and reserve it for Rausch Gap Shelter.

It ended not raining for a long time, but it was a great feeling to get to the early camp and have time to relax for a while.

The next day it was full of exhausting ground, and it was hot. We take enough breaks, mainly on request, but it was necessary. Finally we saw our first poisonous snake of the entire path, a wooden rattles! He was making his way under the shelter in which we stayed, to control the population of the mouse.

We arrived at the Peters Mountain refuge and met some more sobos! Catdog was the only real sobo that began in Katahdin this year of the three. Hawk is a section hiker about to return to his retirement work as a Harvard professor. Taco started in Georgia, but turned to Katahdin to escape the bubble after two episodes of Norovirus. It was so pleasant to meet new people that we hope to see a little more of them as we continue. It seems that our path of the path put us in a sobo bubble.

The next day it would take us to Duncannon. We were late by laundry and adequate showers, and we needed a small refueling. Once we left the shelter, we arrived at a parking lot and stopped to read some of the signals. A man with a gray tacoma was parked and asked if we knew Catdog. We said we had stayed with her at the last refuge. Apparently I was tracking her to give her some magic! Iceman offered us some donuts, soft drinks and fried potatoes. We happily force him.

The walk towards Duncannon was friendly, and we did it quite quickly. Along the way, we saw some goats near the electric lines keeping the foliage covered with vegetation.

We find Taco again, and the three descended the crest in Duncannon. The walk through the road labyrinth was very pleasant.

While we walked around the city, a truck decreased speed to talk to us. It was Iceman! We had mentioned trying to get to the grocery store in the city, but it is a round trip of almost two miles. He offered to take a walk. So kind!

After buying some groceries, we reached a bit of Outdoorsy, a small gear shop with a shelter on the back, just before 11:30 we launched loan clothes and took the laundry to laundry. Then, we saw that the only brewery in a white fire was open! They had just extended their Friday hours.

Each of us received a beer, I asked for the Bulgogi cheese steak, and Nick ordered a Cajún style hamburger. The owner and the brewer spoke to us a bit about the GAP to C&O Channel Trail. Nick and I completed this bicycle trip a couple of years ago, and the owner planned to do it in October.

After lunch, we take showers, organize our things and leave the city. We stopped to spend the night at Cove Mountain Shelter. Another couple came shortly after establishing the camp. More sobos! The snacks and threat are Georgia’s travel nurses.

Nick and I packed four beers from the brewery. We offered the two extras to these people, and we had a good night talking to other people who go in the same way as us.

Tomorrow would be Nick’s 31st birthday, and we had a quite full day in the store!

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