Allagash, Jen and Phils 2023 AT Hike

Day 71 June 30 Days miles 19.2 AT Mile 1150 Staying at  Hiking time 8.5hr Pass plus/minus: 5 Critter Rescue - 7 Total Deer seen - 1 today , 56 total Animals seen today - Bunny's, deer, frogs Today's goal was to make it to Duncannon so we would have a short hike tomorrow to the car so we have time to get things done, ie resupply shopping and also it's looking like it's gonna rain in the afternoon tomorrow. We stealth camped last night in a neighborhoody area and it was noise from a highway.   But the worst noise was from a bird that was hanging out near us and was squaking all night long! So in the morning Jen installed the Merlin app to help identify it. We got its sound recorded by the app and it could not identify it. She thought it was a peacock qnd once in town we listened to a YouTube video and sure enough that is what it was! We did a lot of hiking at ill call ground level, in woods and through farm fields. The woods areas could easil...

Day 70 June 29 Days miles 21.4 AT Mile 1130.9 Tenting at a stealth site Hiking time 11.5hr Pass plus/minus: 2 Total Deer seen - 4 today , 55 total Animals seen today - Bunny's, deer, frogs Today was fun, we set out early, Ontario at 6:20 am so we could get some miles in before the heat and get a real breakfast at a general store about 4 miles down the trail. Breakfast here was great, we got egg, cheese and meat of our choice, ham for Jen and sausage foe me.  We also got a drink, diet coke for me and got to use a real toilet!  Another exciting thing was a trash can. It's alot like hiking in Maine now, varies from pine needle covered forest floor with roots to rocks and then borders you have to scramble over. It was getting hot towards the afternoon and we did alot of field walking, our umbrellas were really nice to have for that.   Afterwards, we walked into the to...

Day 69 June 28 Days miles 17.1 AT Mile 1109.5 Tenting at Tent site Hiking time 8hr Pass plus/minus: 5 Critter Rescue -  0 Total Deer seen - 0 today , 51 total Today was a big day with multiple accomplishments. First off we got our car shuttled ahead about 66 miles by a friend that is providing support to her husband and 11 year old daughter who are both thru hiking. So we are rediscovering what full packs feel like!  This appears to be a mini Statue of Liberty in this river. So first I may not have mentioned it but we crossed into PA on June 26.  Today we crossed the half way point, several times.   I think the last picture made in rocks is the 2023 mile point. Second we crossed the 1100 mile marker too!  Next was doing the half pint ice cream challenge!  It actually is to eat a 1/2 gallon of ice cream challenge but Jen and I both didn't want to make ourselves sick and th...

Day 68 June 27 Days miles 17.1 AT Mile 1092.4 Tenting at Caledonia State Park Hiking time 7hr Pass plus/minus:  Critter Rescue - 2 Total Deer seen - 0 today , 51 total We slack packed again today, I was northbound. Pretty quiet day, just hiking as fast as I could to get done so we could get cleaned up and go have food and beer.   Did see a really cool shelter. PATC has some really nice shelters, privys and Bear pole setups. Texas Roadhouse for the win for food and beer at the end of the day.  We are enjoying sleeping in the roof top tent!

Day 67 June 26 Days miles 17.1 AT Mile 1075.3 Tenting at Pen Mar Park parking lot Hiking time 7hr Pass plus/minus: Critter Rescue -  Total Deer seen - 1 today , 51 total We slack packed again today, was expected to rain in the afternoon so plan was to hike as fast as we could to beat it. There was some really Rocky sections and I mean big rocks, like bolder fields in the trail.  At the end of the day for me I got trail magic, they were packing up but got a hot dog and some snacks! Yes we crossed the Mason Dixon line! Several double shelter sitess here. We made it through before it rained and went out to eat at Applebee's. Funny thing is both of us were not able to eat our whole meal, we were stuffed.  I'm sure before we go to bed we will be hungry again. Afterward we planned on parking at an overnight lot by a day park called Pen Mar and we hung out there chatting with...