"Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason."
-Jerry Seinfeld
START: Harper's Ferry
END: Crampton Gap Shelter
TODAY: 10.2 miles
TOTAL: 10.2 miles
And so it begins...our much-anticipated journey. After eating breakfast and running a few quick errands, my parents brought us to our starting point and even walked a bit with us. After an emotional goodbye, we continued on. A little while later I looked back towards them but they had shrunk down to unrecognizable dots. I better turn around and look where I'm walking or i'll trip and end this 10 week trek before the first mile!
This is what I've been waiting for for 10 years. My Path lay right before me. This simple 2 foot wide footpath may not be much to look at but it travels a daunting 1164.8 miles to Mount Katakin, ME. Only one thing is going through my mind right now. It replays itself over and over and over. Dori from Finding Nemo saying "just keep swimming...just keep swimming...just keep swimming..." Thanks for the encouragement Disney-Pixar.
A few miles in, a steep climb brought us to a ridge which we walked along for a while. We followed the white blazes of the A.T. to Ed Garvey shelter (one of the coolest shelters - has a loft you can sleep in). There was a group of people doing the "quad state challenge" where you hike 44 miles from Virginia to West Virginia to Maryland to Pennsylvania in less than 24 hours!
Heather and I decided to make her way to Crampton Gap Shelter another 4 miles up the trail. The reward? A diet Coke from a vending machine at a state park and boy was it worth it!!!
~Brian (Daddy Long Legs)
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