Ooohhh we are in the middle of the way … – The walk

The good dream is difficult to arrive in the field again. Just a week ago, I complained about how it is too cold to stay asleep, but now it is getting too hot to even fall asleep. However, the fatigue that hits like a hiking brick worked anyway. Until the bees appeared. Damn, Buggy is becoming here!

I woke up in a state of extreme itching. Everywhere. I am a bit allergic to mosquitoes … not enough to be worried, but enough for mosquito bites to tend to advance on me and get bad. In the front, I tend to overcome it by taking a claritin every day, but here, I am still trying not to take anything until I In fact I need it. So … I just have to power.

Today it consisted of a lot of easy miles. Many Pensylvania paths only follow the old roads of the forest service, which are beautifully covered with gravel and with easy qualification. Rocksylvania waits around the corner, but for now, let me enjoy the little peace I have. Well, relative peace. For some reason there was a dad along the way.

While I had no crazy mileage objective today, I had a soft deadline. A former Drum body student in which he was once part of Wanthed ME at night! Then, 21 miles before 5:30 was the name of the game. Fortunately, again, it described easily, but I still found some problems.

In particular, with my backpack without a frame, I have been aggravating an old injury that I completely forgot. I have had some quite going back problems in the last years of my life. Along the way, they have basically erased, thanks to only having an active lifestyle, and not having any weight on my back! That is, until now. Without a hip belt, the weight of the package without frame has been sitting directly on my shoulders and, therefore, on my back. I completely forgot that a few years ago, while breaking, I pinched a nerve on my back when I wasted, which sometimes causes minor discomfort. It’s nothing terrible, but I can feel it in any other step. I guess some stretching, foam rollers and looking for a hip belt in order.

The first two shelters passed in an instant. Unfortunately, the Birch Run shelter is closed at this time due to some bats of bats in the area! Uh oh. At least the facilities are open.

Then I finally hit him. The midpoint of the path. Due to all the damage in the south, the ATC did not even bother to try to recalculate the mileage for the year, so the 2024 sign is still about to mark the midpoint. Realistically, I have probably walked more than half, but it is still super emotional to pass through the scoreboard. It is a reminder that there is still much more to come, and also a little anxiety inducing! Have I already progressed in what I wanted during the trip?

I rounded the corner of the infamous Pine Grove Furnace store just after noon, where I met Maine Santa and Mailman, two hikers of the section that went crazy in the current section. Just when I got there, the power briefly blinked, so the kitchen was working to recover. Fortunately, the two had finished lunch, and they were not humorous to eat everything, so they let me have it. Yum, enough to overcome the rest of the day.

I grabbed a soda and a Single ice cream coast. It is known that the Pine Grove Furnace store is home to the media galón challenge, where hiker candidates try half a half of ice cream at once to celebrate it halfway! Unfortunately, I am lactose intolerant and I am not enough masochist to want to ruin an ice cream taste for life. However, I saw some family faces on the wall! Congratulations to them.

While sitting there, Highwater and Perfect Day also stopped, whom I have not seen in a long time. I sat down and talked for a while, but I had to go to meet my friend. Then, I said goodbye and made a quick tour of the Museum of the Path of the Apalaches. It is a three -story three -story building that discusses the history of the ATC, the founding parents of the path and some heroes of remarkable paths.

But then … the path called! The last 8 miles of my day did not ask for celebration. I was hot, crooked, misty and above all plane. Even so, I suppose it is a kind of victory. I feel exhausted to be honest. And also fear of ticks. But above all drained! I think the package is heavy, and that I got used to the new muscles has been in mind a lot.

A mile away from Green Mountain Grocer, Marty, the friend, cried on a hill to greet me! Actually, we have never known before, but anyone who does Drum Corps knows enough about what the other has happened to have enough in common. Especially because we are in the same brotherhood. We walked to his car and conducted his place in Mechanicsburg.

On the way there, we really had to go through the city of Hoiling Springs. It is always a bit of shock to pass in 10 minutes that will lead me to hiking to arrive tomorrow. But I’m also excited to walk a little more! Now I am a walking machine.

We stopped at home to dinner, and then we went to Rei to try to get new shoes. I’ve been riding my Olympuses to his dying breath and wanted to get some. I didn’t even verify if I had them in stock … a big mistake. They simply did not. At least I could sign your board through Hiker, but by the time we left, it was too late to consult with other stores in execution. Uh oh. I will definitely need new shoes for rocks in Pa. And the lonely peaks that I tried, although comfortable, they will definitely not cut it.

Oh good. Marty brought me back to his place, and we had some fillets while we talked about the body we love. He showed me around the house, and then I took care of the tasks for the rest of the night. It is strange to be in a house that is home for the first time in a time. Normally, there are about one billion bunk beds in the living room, and not much more. Very comfortable.

(Title lyrics by: Living on a Prayer, Bon Jovi)

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