Miles today: 20.7
Total miles: 1021.4
We originally planned to do about 18 miles today. The terrain was almost entirely flat and way easier than we expected.
It was pretty hot out which made the couple of uphills in particular especially tough. A weird thing happened as I reached a road crossing. A state parks truck pulled up and asked if I’d seen a hiker with a hat on. When I confirmed they meant a straw hat, I told them yes, that was my friend delta. Then then asked if I knew if he was carrying a gun. They had reports of someone carrying an AR15 (which, knowing nothing about guns, I didn’t know how intense a weapon that is). I told them definitely he definitely does not have a gun. That answer seemed to be enough investigation into the matter as they seemed to take it as confirmation absolutely no one was carrying a gun. No idea what ended up happening with that but delta had a good laugh about it when I told him later.
We’d already gone 12 miles or so by 1 pm. Which would mean we’d do the 18 by 3pm. We decided to push on a bit further to the next water source. Blondie, Delta, el Flaco and I camped there and enjoyed finishing a bit earlier than usual. Went to bed looking forward to getting to Duncannon tomorrow and for Blondies birthday.