Hardly slept at all last night because the wind was up and my hammock was rocking. That made it hard to hike today, but I took a nap during my break.

Today’s hike was mostly along the ridge, but I’m spending the night down low with no cell signal. Covered almost 12 miles.

Saw several thru hikers today. They’re fast and not too social.

AT Thru-Hike Stats

Section Day #2 (6/27/18)
Start – Stealth Campsite 1153.8
End – Spring 1165.7
Today’s mileage: 11.9
Total section miles: 15.7
Total miles on AT: 662.7
Avg daily miles (section 5) – 7.8

Today is travel day…

And yes, as always, it’s raining ☔️ ; But I have my trusty OR Helium II rain jacket and umbrella too!

Started out downtown (Central West End, St Louis) and took the Metrolink to the airport.

Then SWA to Philadelphia.

But flight got delayed over 30 min due to storms. So wasn’t able to make the early train.

Then the Septa train to downtown Philly.

Amtrak to Harrisburg…

And then Uber to the trail.

I ended up hiking past Clarks Ferry shelter and I am stealth camped on top of the ridge looking over the Susquehanna valley towards Harrisburg Pennsylvania.

AT Thru-Hike Stats
Section Day #1 (6/26/18)
Start – Duncannon, PA 1150.0
End – Stealth Campsite 1153.8
Today’s mileage: 3.8
Total section miles: 3.8
Total miles on AT: 650.8
Avg daily miles (section 5) – 3.8

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals. – Henry Ford

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

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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…

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