I borrowed another thru hiker's description of PA "Hello, I am Pennsylvanian, your sever today (next week) - our special is ROCKS (medium rare) with a side salad of poison ivy and copperhead for dessert - water on the Tab with no limits - our starter is on the house - deer ticks and a bowl full of mosquitoes - would you like to start with the starter?"

We have 94 more miles of this - hang in there - the big rocks is not that bad - you just have to balance good - some of my butt and hip muscles work all the time - not to talk about concentration - you have to follow the white blaze - you have to look for copperheads before you put you foot or hiking pole down - then you never know if the rock is going to move when you jump on it - Lots of fun!!!! One of our thru hiker - Tag & Tag along - she fell on the rocks and has a blue face - so I am very careful!!!!! The small rocks is the devil - sharp and so close together you cannot get your foot to fit between them - your ankles bend in all directions. At night your feet are tired - lucky we have new boots and hiking poles. The sun is shining and we are only carrying 2-3 days of food so our backpacks are not so heavy. I guess our glasses are full - we are happy and blessed.

Hitch hiked into town - 3 miles today - 3rd truck picked us up - how lucky. It is Monday - everything is closed - no nice town food - we got a ride back to trail head - Thank you nice people of PA. We were told that after the Mason/Dixon line - no more pick ups when you hike.

Well....have a nice summer in GA. We enjoy every day - still meet new hikers daily.