Pigpen Tracker - 1365 miles and now in New York!

Pigpen Update -  Dan has now made it through 2 more states, PA and NJ since the last post and has racked up 1365 miles.  His estimated completion date now is mid August.  He's been hiking with 3 other young men for the past week or so and they are really moving along.

PA was as rocky as it's reputation.  New Jersey was a lot of swampy land with some boardwalks.  Dan saw a few bears in NJ and even got bluff charged by one.  Trail Magic continues to magically appear at opportune times.  One one occasion, a woman gave the 4 hikers a ride from the trail into town, made arrangements to pick them back up, and then took them to her home where they swam with her 2 sons in their pool and got some laundry done.  On another occasion a man was day hiking with his young son when they bumped into Pigpen and the other 3.  They talked a while and the young boy told his dad that they ought to hike it together some day.  The man later tracked the hikers down and gave them $20 to get a drink at the next town on him. 

Here are the current batch of pics:

Trail through the fields outside Boiling Springs PA

The Taj Mahal outhouse. Dan wasn't impressed.

Pigpen

Foot Bridge over the Susquehanna River

Snake (again)

Delaware River

Camping at the Beer Stein at Wind Gap

Dan's Tent

Bear

Small Buck

Trail alongside highway over Delaware River

View of Delaware River

Boardwalk over swampy area in NJ

Dan at highest peak in NJ

Highpoint Monument

NJ / NY state line