"Mission Accomplished"

Evertime I am in town, I'm determined to sleep in, and every time my body wakes me up at 6:00AM. That's exactly what happened today.

I did not feel the need to rush this morning, considering I had town chores to complete and I was only going to walk 6.4 miles.

After breakfast at the Country Cafe courtesy of Walkabout(AT '03), I went back to the Inn to consolidate my food to be put in my pack.

I then meandered my way to the library to complete some computer chores, but I decided to update my journal at a later time.

It was then time to return to the Inn to pack up and hit trail. My pack weighed approximately 4.4 tons, a tad bit heavier than usual.

After drinking a cup of coffee with Cookie courtesy of the Inn we hit trail.

I was on trail around 1:00PM. The first part of the trail followed the famous C&O Canal Path.

However, this walk in wonderland ended quickly, and the trail proceeded to switchback and forth up 600 feet to the ridge where the Ed Garvey Shelter sits, which is also my home for tonight.

Tomorrow I shall walk 24 miles to the Free State Hiker Hostel, where the Appalachian Pages is putting me up for the night.

I'm tired.

Good night, and good luck.

Kirby

Addendum:
It's currently 8:20PM, and I'm having a hard time sleeping. I'm not really sure why, it's just one of those nights, I'm not really sure why I'm writing this addendum, I just through it might keep me occupied for a bit, which it has. "Mission Accomplished".