Start: Yellow Breeches Creek (campsite)
End: Duncannon, PA (The Doyle)
Miles: 26.0 today, 1127.5 total
Continuing yesterday's discussion: I often feel pressure to keep on schedule, get to the shelter before it's too late, etc. I'd imagine that's standard fare for many thru-hikers. It's just more intense with me since I started so late. Man, if I had another half month to play with, that would be so great. Imagine, 15 zero days to allocate. Or I could take that time to make the days shorter, less miles. Or a combination of both. So I've decided that when I get to, say, Bennington, VT, I'll reset my completion goal from Sept 30 to Oct 7 or so. Then I can spread that time out however I desire. But that's if I'm on schedule. So, in summary, I'm thinking of slowing down near the end to increase the enjoyment / peace-of-mind factor.
As noted above, it was a long day. The first half was quite different, though. Pretty flat, a lot of fields and road crossings. We were basically heading from one ridge, across a wide valley to another ridge, then over the other side to Duncannon. Spent the day leap-frogging with Groovy.
Pulled into the Doyle Hotel after 8pm. Restless and Nathan were there. The front door opens to a bar with lots of locals singing along to Frank Sinatra, among other music. No A/C in my room, no screen on the window, single bare light bulb w/ cobwebs as decoration.
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