Oct 10-12 -- trickles of water and pizza from the trash

OCT 10
Bust butt to get to 501 shelter. Pizza delivery place is closed on Monday. So the care taker came over and said order your pizza from ''this menus and I'll take you in to pick it up." He wanted us to be sure to get two coupons for the two pizzas we ordered. Collect 10 and you get a free pizza. The pizza guy wanted to know why a guy from Maine wanted two of his pizza coupons. I told him it was for the guy in the car. Couldn't eat the big salad and the large pizza. Two pieces left that I had to throw away. Ten minutes after dark a hiker comes in and we break the news to him that there's no delivery on Monday's. but there are two pieces in the trash. I retrieved them with no discoloration and he wolfed them down.

40° Clear
Pine Grove township, PA, United States

Oct 11

It's cold at 501 shelter. It will turn out to be a 18.5 mile day. One mile further than we had expected to go we are camping without water. It's 2.5 miles down the trail we'll get there tomorrow am. We are finding tolerable trail conditions. As far as the rocks go. Fescue and I are pushing hard for harpers ferry. He thinks we can fly out of Dulles on Saturday 21. We shall see. It means averaging 14.1 miles a day. Doable until you factor in hills resupplies and rain.

35° Clear
Pine Grove township, PA, United States

Oct 12
17 mile day. Saw a bear today. Just the back side as he was skiddadling away. Water still an issue. Staying at Peters mountain shelter and went down front for a trickle of water. Way down front. “300 rock steps” is an understatement.

66° Mostly Sunny
Middle Paxton, PA, United States