Day 6

​Day 6

Starting location: William Penn Shelter

Ending location: Hampton Inn

Mileage today: 13 miles 

Total Mileage: 55.7 miles 

Today’s Photo

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Today we woke up around 7:15 am to see Walter White and Jessie leave early since this was their last day on their two week section hike. Great guys. We got on the trail about 9 am (way too late), but getting the boys out of their sleeping bags in the morning is challenging! No mice in the shelter last night, which is always a great thing! 

Today we planned to hike 13 miles and with the sections in PA, you never know how bad the rocks will be. The rocks are so bad here that Pennsylvania is nicknamed Rocksylvania. Well today we had about a 0.5 section of the boulder type of rock field that takes a while to get through. They are actually quite fun, it is the smaller pointy rocks that are where your feet die! 

Well I officially hit the 1200 mile mark on the trail today. Woo hoo! Crazy to think Sarasota Florida is 1105 miles from Lafayette. 

Not long after that we came across this beautiful vista to take a break and eat some snacks. I actually rest, but the boys found a side trail to go explore. lol. 

Eating lunch: today Spam sandwiches, apple, nuts & raisins and PB! Legolas is loving the Spam sandwiches. 🤪

Later on near the end of the day we actually took a wrong turn for about 0.5 miles (1 mile extra we hiked today) but we found this cool dam and waterfall. It was a great place to stop and rest and skip some stones in the lake area. If it was warm enough, there was a rope swing to jump into it! But the fact we had to hike extra miles really bites! lol. 

There was even a campfire ring with a log that had seats carved out of it. The boys loved it! 

So since Lucas keeps saying his feet hurt, we are going to take a zero day tomorrow and live a couple days in a Hampton Inn! So a nice comfortable bed, water I don’t need to filter and nowhere to hike tomorrow! 

God bless,

Gandalf, Legolas & Bombadil.