Harper's Ferry !! Mile 1019

Well Pigpen has made it to Harper's Ferry, home of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy and passed over 1000 miles!  He and Kara have been hiking with Zip and Dinner Party for the last week or so and doing well.  Dan's knee and shin splints are doing ok, and even well enough that he had a ceremonial passing of the knee brace he had been using on to Dinner Party.  Dan had been given the knee brace back in GA by fellow hiker Joe Granger and it may have saved him from having to come off the trail early.  Now it may save another hiker.  THANKS JOE !

Kara's getting tired and ready to come home for a while, and I'm getting anxious to hike with Dan again so I'm heading up tomorrow to hike with him a few days and bring Kara back.  I just basically loaded a small hiking outfitters store and grocery store into the back of my truck so he can get reset for the northern half. 

Thanks to everyone for the continued support as Pigpen continues on his journey, and here are some more pictures for you to enjoy:

View from mile 900

Another View from Mile 900

Typical Town Meal,...... yeah he ate it all!

Bear's Den Hostel

Bear's Den Hostel

Bear's Den Hostel

Ceremonial Passing of Joe Granger's knee brace from Pigpen to Dinner Party

Kara making friends

Typical Gorgeous View

Zip on the phone in the rain in the back of a truck

Dan and Kara make the ATC

Dan's official ATC photo as hiker number 421 to pass through

Trail Meal

The Roller Coaster - A 10 mile stretch of at least 10 steep climbs and descents just before the 1000 mile point.

Tired pup !

Dan's friend Tyler's ATC photo

Zip, Dinner Party, and Pigpen at Spy Rock

Zip, Dinner Party, Kara, Pigpen, and Spoon