Delaware Water Gap PA. 1279 done and 895 to go

Hi from DWG.

I am posting this from the Deer Head Inn www.deerheadinn.com It is just next to the church hostel that we are staying at for the night so we hope to get back and take in a little jazz later on.

We are extremely glad to be done with PA and all the rocks that came with it. Our feet feel like someone beat on them with a hammer. I am on another computer where we can not find the usb port soI will try to find one where I can post some rockin pictures.

We have had pretty good weather since we left the Doyl hotel in Duncannon. We hiked through some old mining areas and over lot of rock. The scenery has not been too much to speak of and the trail has been full of rocks, soIwould rate this as the worst state we have walked in yet.

We hiked into Port Clinton PA after a short 18mile day on the ROCKS and stayed at the Port Clinton Hotel. They hadsome great food. We hiked out after a good breakfast and hiked 15miles to shelter where we were blessed by a neighbor going on vacation who brought over all of his fresh fruit and vegetables for us.

On June 23 we did as much boldering as we did hiking and hadthe toughest 18 mile day we have done yet. If that was not bad enough I had to walk 20 minutes and about300 feet to get water.

We hiked over more rocks on the 24th and had quite the scramble out of Lehigh Gap. I will try to post some pictures of the hill and the climb. We did find the first blueberries of the season and it was hard keep from grazing as we walked. I also had over an hour round trip to get water and half of it was down hill. Water has been tough in PA. The trail is on the ridge and the water is all down at lower elevations.

Yesterdays hike was also very ROCKY, but stopped for pizza at lunch and had enough for supper. That was a day brightener. We camped near a shelter about 6 miles out from DWG and were visited by a father and son who we had met on the trail earlier in the day. They even brought treats. Thanks Guys. They have posted a comment on my last blog about a web cam at the top of Mt. Washington in NH. We should be there in towards the end of July, but if you want to see what it is like at the windiest place in the U.S. check out www.mountwashington.org/weather/cam/deck

Today we are doing "town things", laundry, shopping, clean up, posting on the blog, etc.

We have to look at the maps and are going to try and meet up with friend who lives in NY. I think NJ only has about 70 miles of trail and we should be done with that by the middle of next week and then a short stretch in NY before going through Conn. and Mass.

If I am unable to find a computer to post our pictures you will just have to believe me when I say PA ROCKS

Also please be advised that Patty and I did not partake in the National Hike Naked Day on the first day of summer, however, we are aware and aquainted with at least one hiker who did.

I also have a picture to post of a doe and a fawn that walked right up to us yesterday. We think we have been in the woods so long that we don't smell human. Patty shot some great pictures of that along with a hen and her brood of turkey chicks. Other then that all I can say is there sure are a lot of ROCKS in PA

Take care until we can post again.

Red Dog and LuckyDog.