The full group at a diner on

our last night together.

Pennsylvania Slackpackers

After getting rather sick from an unknown virus in Duncannon, we were able to convalesce while making some miles by slackpacking with this fine crew all the way to Delaware Water Gap. Many fine memories.

Summertime...

...and the hikin's easy. At least through the cornfields of central Pennsylvania. This was before we encountered the infamous Pennsylvania rocks.

Almost done...not!

We couldn't believe it...finally halfway!

Half - Gallon Challenge

This is our friend Hungus, in

the process of [successfully] completing the half-gallon challenge - a hiker tradition at the halfway point on the trail.

A Most Unusual Day

At Pen-Mar county park we reached the Maryland/Pennsylvania border and the Mason Dixon line. There was a huge crowd of people and we were looking for the snack bar we'd heard of. The man in the center of the picture (John Kelley - and family) saw we were hikers and offered us two extra tickets to the Patriot Federal Credit Union annual cookout. Wow! A great meal. Then he lent us his van to go resupply, then he put us in touch with another former hiker who takes in hikers, and 20 minutes later we were on the road to the house of Bernard and Rhoda Custer - who's internet I'm now using. Such wonderful people. We're clean, dry, full, and happy. We are truly blessed.

A Great Section for History

The middle section of the AT doesn't offer that much in the way of mountains - we won't go over 3,000 ft in a while - but it's rich with history. We often pass great old architecture like this pre-civil war church on a Maryland hillside.