PA Hike #15 - Woodrow Road to Tom's Run Shelter to Tagg's Run Shelter to Alec Kennedy Shelter to PA 944
[Leg 1 - Yellow, Leg 2 - Blue, Leg 3 - Green, Leg 4 - Yellow]
Toms Run Shelters
Mileage: 1069.3
08/11/00 7:13 am
Hiked here last night from Woodrow Road
with Keith "Trip" Davis. Only ones here laast night. Did
find a log entry from Snail-no-more ('96 Ga->Me) dated
7/15/00 as follows "In for a long, boots off, feet drying
break. Just sitting waiting for the rain to stop! Moving
on to Ironmaster some time before dark. Loving every
minute of it! Onward..." Have to email him when I get
home. Beautiful night. Joke of the day when Keith was
commenting on how he met Chrissy he wanted to say
"success" (because it was a successfull blind date), but
insted he said "sex"...I guess you had to be there.
Tagg Run Shelters
Mileage: 1080.3
08/11/00 6:53 pm
Hiked here from Tom's Run shelter
(aprox 11 miles) on a gorgious day. The hike started on
some of the best trail in PA (mostly old loging roads
with no rocks, and flat). Stopped off at the store at
Pine Grove Furnace (had some ice cream but DID NOT TAKE
the 1/2 gallon chalange. Passed the half way marker
shortly after leaving the park and stoped for the
obligatory hero shots. Then, a few minutes latter found
the unoffical half way point (no hero shot sign here).
Didnt see any people from te time we left the park until
lunch (at the Pole Steeple junction) and saw some day
hikers and 2 southbounders, nice people, but didn't get
ther trailnames. Got here after Kieth twisted his ankle
for the 2nd time this trip. Water unavalable at the two
springs so we had to use Taggs Run. Did some was, had the
spaggetti, tomato sauce, peperoni diner (followed by
Taggemet of course).
Thanks to "Dammit" we had great entertainment reading the
play about his 1/2 gallon challenge's revenge (projectile
vomitting). It was well written and deserves a Tony for
bet play based on real life events.
Now her just relaxing and writing this....
Alec Kennedy Shelter
Mileage: 1088.7
08/13/00 7:49 am
Just about ready to leave heading to
Boling Springs. Good hike yesterday. Could have done
without the mountain bikers and the puppy mill (dogs that
were barking and yapping and could be herd for most of
the day). Great hiking weather, with a cool breeze at the
top of our major climbs mad it even better. Two overlooks
that were ok, but not spectacular. Hard getting going in
the morning due to a sore ankel and latter in the daymy
stomach was realy funky...but I survived. Here, like at
Taggs Run, the spring was dry but the run was not. It is
on and off light rain now, but I think it will stop, I
just hope that the clouds stick around for the hike after
Boiling Springs (I am guessing that it is mostly field
walking.
Best line in the trail register from the Aussies:
"War is hell, particularly before they invented ducking"
(referace to both the movie "The Patriot" and the
re-enactment of Pickets Charge at Gettysburg. They saw
both on July 4th)
Well off to meet Chrissy to slackpack the rest of the way
to 944...
** Boiling Springs, PA **
Mileage: 1092.3
08/14/00 5:22 pm
Yesterday we (Keith and I) hiked from
the shelter to 944. We hiked from the shlter to Boiling
Springs and met Chrissy (Keith's Girlfriend) at the ATC
Feild office, Then we slackpacked back to keiths car,
that we left days earlier at the road crossing BEFORE
944, I was exhausted when we reached the car, so was
Keith and Chrissy had HUGE bislters on the backs of her
feet. I couldnt believe she could waljk on those for so
long. I continued on however, and reach 944, completing
this section.
Great day for hiking, Rained just a few drops before we
left the shelter, then overcast for a good part of the
day. Good thing because lots of hiking was by corn
fileds.
Did see one intresting thing. While walking a cornfield
before Boling Springs, A man entered the field from the
other direction with some bloons, got to the first post
with a blaz on it, then let go of the bloons and watched
them until they were out of site. He didn't even take his
eys off them when I said "Good-day". Wonder what it was
all about......
Good hike, but it did turn into a forced march toward the
end. No way I would have made it with a pack. Thank G_D
FOR SLACKPACKING!!
P.S. No matter what, it's still better than the old
'Cumberland Roadwalk'
