Today’s Miles: 17.4
Trip Miles: 1193.3
“I was a dam builder
Across the river deep and wide
Where steel and water did collide
A place called Boulder on the wild Colorado
I slipped and fell into the wet concrete below
They buried me in that great tomb that knows no sound
But I am still around
I’ll always be around and around and around and around and around and around” – The Highwaymen
Up at 6:00. Out of camp at 7:05. We have 24 miles to go today. It’s going to rain on and off all afternoon and evening.
Short food break at 8:05. It’s really humid today.:(
Took a break at 10:30. 4.9 miles to the next shelter and water. Should be there about 1:00.
Got to Rausch Gap Shelter at 1:10. It started raining lightly about 30 minutes ago. Enough for me to put my umbrella up. Plenty of thunder as well. Good water at the shelter.
Carefully made our way across a flooded area due to a beaver dam. Balancing on slippery logs for about 2 football fields.
Crossed I-81 again.
Got to the Stay at Swatara hostel at 5:30. We decided to call the day early. Plus it’s too tempting to stay once we saw the resupply, soda. Pizza, pizza, etc. We are splitting half of a 4-person Coleman tent for $25 per person, which includes laundry and shower. Not bad! It’s going to rain more this evening and tonight.
Did laundry, resupplied, planned out the rest of PA. Talked to Dana for a while. Headed to bed at 10:00.
It’s raining again all evening. Yuck.
Technical Notes:
- Pop-Tarts 370
- Cookies 120
- Trail mix 170
- Turkey stick 220
- Cookies 120
- Cookies 120
- Cookies 120
- Slim Jim 390
- Skittles 150
- Cookies 360
- Pringles 210
- Body armor 200
- Body armor 200
- Tasty cake 225
- Frozen pizza 1500
- Water liters 5
- Miles 17.4
- Time 10
- Elevation gain 2307
- Calories consumed 4475
- Calories burned 7000
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