In 2 days I’ll be back on trail. It’s always interesting to get to or from the AT. This time it will be:

• Uber to the airport
• SWA to Philadelphia
• Septa to the train station
• Amtrak to Harrisburg
• Uber again to Duncannon

And, today I’m sailing the Flying Scot at CSA in day #2 of the Egyptian Cup Regatta. Yesterday was fantastic but challenging in light air with 26 boats racing. It was great to be sailing with crew again and Lois was amazing. 😉

And the great news is that we’re sitting in 3rd and there’s no wind 💨. Not bad for our first Flying Scot regatta!!!

Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success. – Henry Ford

My “PuffinsHike” posts should now go to Facebook as well. But if you’d like to follow directly, my blog is at PuffinsHike.com.

I’ll be tracking my mileage for the upcoming section.  So here’s where I’m starting and my goals:

Start at the US Rte 22 parking lot in Duncannon, PA (AT Mile 1150 NOBO)
End of section (goal) at Delaware Water Gap (AT Mile 1295 NOBO)
Section (goal) miles: 145 miles
Total miles on the AT (prior to starting this section):  647 miles
Goal for total miles on the AT:  792 miles

Start date: June 26th, 2018
Goal finish date:  July 8th or 9th, 2018
Goal Avg daily miles: 11 or 12 mi/day

We’ll see how it all goes.  I’ll be hiking light and the weather looks great.  Although, PA is known for it’s rocks and that may slow me down a bit…

Yes, I’ll have to climb this…

“Do not follow where the path may lead.  Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

I’m getting pretty psyched about going back to hike again.  It’s been a while and hitting the trail will be nice.  I’ll be going back to Duncannon to start off right where I left off last March.

Watching Vlogs has kept me in touch with the trail.  The two I’ve been following are Darwin on the Trail (https://darwinonthetrail.com) and Homemade Wanderlust (homemadewanderlust.com).    Darwin and Dixie are both AT thru hikers and are currently out on the PCT (Pacific Coast Trail) and CDT (Continental Divide Trail) respectively.  I met Dixie in Vermont when I was hiking the AT in 2015.

Check out their YouTube channels (search for Darwin on the Trail and Homemade Wanderlust on YouTube).  Both are about 2 weeks into thru hikes and are hiking strong.

Darwin on the PCT

Dixie on the CDT

I also checked the weather for when I start and it’s FABULOUS!  I’ve typically started in extreme hot, cold or pouring rain.  Here’s the Wunderground prediction for central PA in one week when I start:

Goal for this hike:   Hike strong and don’t let adversity set me back.

I’ll be blogging daily starting next Tuesday from the AT in PA.

“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work and learning from failure.” – Colin Powell

PS – It’s raining this week so there should be water. That’s of utmost importance.

I found this picture today in Wildcat’s trail journal from 2105.  I was hiking with Wildcat in Vermont and we ran into Dixie hiking NOBO on her AT thru-hike.  She finished that and is now on the CDT after hiking the PCT last year.

This is a picture of a “veteran” triple crowner and a soon-to-be “new” triple crowner.  That’s cool.  🙂  (Dixie now supports her hiking with VLOGing.  homemadewanderlust.com)

Dixie and Wildcat (I took this pic!)

I’m looking forward to hiking again; Rocksylvania in late June…