Look how far we've come

Town is always good incentive for packing up quickly and hitting trail. I was on trail at 6:45AM this morning.

I rolled into US 522, the road crossing for Front Royal, Virginia, around 7:45AM this morning. After getting a quick hitch into town, Cookie and I hit the local coffee shop to kill tome before the visitor's center was due to open.

At 9:10AM we waddled our way over there to receive some more information about the town and to request permission to leave our packs there while we completed some town chores.

After breakfast at L. Dee's Pancake house, I walked over to the outfitter's so Cookie could make a couple small purchases. Afterwards I picked up my pack from the visitor's center and walked to the Food Lion for resupply.

I did not need that much food, just a few small things that will enable me to get to Harper's Ferry, West Virginia.

After a quick hitch, Cookie and I were back on trail by 1:00PM.

The walk from the road to the shelter is pretty easy. There is one uphill, but it's fairly easy to complete.

I am looking forward to Harper's Ferry. For northbounder's, this town represents the symbolic halfway point of the journey to Maine. I am contemplating going to Washington, DC VIA trail from Harper's to visit a friend who will be there. DC might also give me time to truly comprehend how far I've come, and the journey that will lye ahead.

So often on this trip are we consumed with the distant goal of walking 2,000 miles that we forgot how far we've already come, and what we've been through to get there.

Good night, and good luck.

Kirby

Ga>ME 2008.