Day 86-Hiking Through the Jungle

June 12-18.4 miles-Jim & Molly Denton Shelter to Rod Hollow Shelter-AT mile 996.1

Today was long. Today was boring. While there were brief moments of good trail, the majority was overgrown, and rocky. It was like hiking through a jungle. These are the times it wasn’t. 

Good trail

Through a mowed meadow

On a road

Through another meadow in Sky Meadow State Park

Crossing the highway (although, this was a bit dangerous)

Here’s one particularly nasty part. 

Could we get a little trail maintenance please?

It was also quite warm. I drank nearly 2 1/2 liters of water (which is a lot for me). 

In the State Park there was a side trail that went out to a big meadow with views to the Washington DC Skyline. It was .4 off trail. Neither Sure Foot or I wanted to do the extra .8 mile. Dusty did though. Sure enough, she could see the DC Skyline. It’s one of the advantages of being able to hike fast. 

I saw this huge moth on the trail. I thought it was dead, but it moved when I touched it with my pole. 

My foot for reference. 

I passed this sign. 

Some interesting history...I guess. 

We made it Rod Hollow Shelter. This is at the souther end of a section called the Rollercoaster. We’ll start it tomorrow. 

I guess that’s it for today. I’m tired, so even though it’s only 7:15, I think I’ll go to sleep. Goodnight. Oh, and we’ve been seeing fireflies at night. I may not see them tonight...



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