Miles today: 22
Total miles: 1043.4
Happy birthday Blondie! Our destination for the day was Duncannon PA. In particular, the Doyle hotel in Duncannon. We’ve been hearing since Maine about how the Doyle is gross and falling apart but how we have to stay there. Apparently it’s a thru hiker tradition. So that’s where we were headed. The day went by pretty quickly. Passed on guy sitting in a sleeping bag on a rock at around 10:30 am and he said hello to me and I said hi back and asked how he was doing and he responded “well I just woke up on this rock so I’m doing great”. Interesting sleeping location choice.
After about 19 miles I got to a road and then had a few miles of road walking to do into town. I was curious what Duncannon would be like. After crossing a bridge over the Susquehanna River, I saw my first glimpses of Duncannon: a gun shop and a strip club. This would be a fun place. Got to the Doyle and found out I was the first to arrive. After 15 minutes during which I chugged water at the bar, Blondie (who’d treated himself to ice cream on the way), Flaco, and Delta showed up. We got rooms and took showers and then got dinner in the restaurant part of the Doyle. The Doyle is over 100 years old and definitely is not the nicest place. We had sheets as our curtains HA. But I really didn’t mind, I was happy to feel clean after my shower and enjoy a nice big burger and fries. After dinner delta and I of course wanted more food so we walked down the street to get ice cream. Delta was super impressive–he ate two huge scoops of ice cream and a milkshake. After dinner the four of us and another new SOBO friend, Potter, hung out on the Doyle’s balcony. We had a good time laughing at some local teens throwing a stick at each other across the street for entertainment.