Day 32 of AT in PA NOBO

Old Forge Rd crossing (1,075.7) to Birch Run Shelter (1,095.5)
Total Miles: 19.8

Beautiful day. Started off 27 degrees. Warmed up fairly quickly to 54.
Some rocky sections, but not as much as I was expecting. Definitely not as much as Maryland. When will we hit “Rocksylvania”??
Seemed to go through some ecosystem changes today. Lots of oak, maple & hemlocks to start the day around Caledonia State Park, and then ended up with tons of Mountain laurel, Shortleaf pine, Eastern white pine & Virginia pine at the end of the day East of Shippensburg at Pine Grove State Park.
Ended up at a campsite with two other hikers who are section hiking. Smiley, from Portland OR, who just got to Harper’s Ferry this past week and she’s hoping to get to Katahdin by mid August. Avalanche, who just flew over from New Zealand, is hoping to hike North for 2 months and get as close to Katahdin as possible before flying home. Both very nice people, typical hikers!!
Supposed to get down to 40 degrees tonight and a two day rainstorm expected by daybreak. 😳Baca lagi