Waking up from our first night on the trail we were a little tired as we only got a couple hours of sleep a piece. We each brought survival blankets for sleeping which were not enough to keep us warm. They did pack much smaller than sleeping bags or bag liners and that was their only benefit. The night before we made it a couple of miles into the Maryland section of the trail, saving the most difficult climb we would see for the morning. It was a good warm-up for the legs and we started running when the trail leveled and became less rocky. Running just on coffee and protein bars we bypassed Devil's Racecourse Shelter and fast-packed it to Cowall Shelter where we stopped for breakfast.
After breakfast we humped it up the next hill and then started running and hiking in half-hour intervals. This continued for the rest of the day with some breaks along the way and more hiking than running. It was sloppy, uncomfortable, a little painful and a ton of fun.
Cowall Shelter
I could see this on the cover of a magazine.
Miki atop the original Washington Monument
Kelly atop the original Washington Monument
Kelly moon-gazing.
A-T ruins.
This is marked as Reno Monument Road on the map.
After putting in a total of over 25 miles on the trail so far, we stopped at Rocky Run Shelter which was already occupied by three girls through-hiking north. We shared food, fire and got to hear some great stories. You can follow two of the through-hikers, Chelsea and Joules, here:
chelseamfinn.blogspot.com
Another night of sleeping in Reynolds Wrap for me, but Kelly scored a sleeping bag liner from Joules. We both slept a little better that night and we looked forward to getting to Harpers Ferry, about another 16 miles away.
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