Day 172 - Thursday, October 7, 2021
Today is Day 2 of our Final 4 Hike Countdown. This will also be our LAST long hike (18.4 miles) π as the 2 final hikes are just about “Nero’s” by hiker standards π. It’s just the way the parking matched up… don’t forget we’re “Platinum” Slack Packer’s π.
Today we are continuing hiking from Pen Mar County Park (1066.6 NoBo) to the I-70 Footbridge, US 40 (1048.2 NoBo) for a total of 18.4 miles.
We began hiking at 8:00 am.
We were hoping to have breakfast with “Fresh Ground” but he must’ve set up his “Trail Magic” further SoBo π₯².
This is a vintage sign as total is 2193.1 miles not 2000 miles.
Hike started off simple enough…
Then a few rocks…
And a few more rocks…I don’t want to dwell too much over this but if I didn’t know better, I'd swear I was back in “Rocksylvannia” π€¬. If I had to guess, I would say 70% of the trail today was rocky.
Then there were better trails too…
So I thought …. π€―. I tripped over a root half covered with leaves. Turtle Power said I finally had an impressive fall not my typical “touch” when my trekking poles kick out on me π¬π€. This gave Turtle Power a temporary one up on the slip/fall count with only 2 hikes remaining… but as we all know, anything can happen till you step off the trail π€«.
Rock hoping across a local stream… I can still do it if I have too π.
I can do this all the way to Harpers Ferry π.
“Happy eternal trails” Pogo Rheinheimer .
Final descent of the day…. on a kinder, gentler trail.
The I-70 Footbridge. We’ll resume hiking SoBo here tomorrow. We finished hiking at 5:05 pm.
Appalachian Trail Countdown:
Total trail miles: 2171.2 miles
Trail miles left to go: 21.9 miles
Till next time... Happy Hiking π₯Ύ
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“Acts of generosity in this wild and primitive setting…where basic amenities…are intentionally absent–are often received in a heightened sense of wonder and gratitude by hikers. These acts of generosity are referred to as “trail magic.”
(Appalachian Trail Conservancy)
21.9 to go, WOWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!
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