As it happens, the anniversary turned out to be a good one. I spent it at the RPH shelter in New York, where a big group of trail volunteers were camping and grilling pork chops, burgers and chicken. I even got a game of hearts in with Chance, Mississippi and Bon Bon, a girl from Washington state who started in Georgia on April 17. Early Bear, the hiker I'd shared a shelter with on Day 1, was there as well.
[The cooking at RPH, July 10. The shelter is 33 miles from the end of the New York portion of the trail.]
In my first month, I hiked about 406 miles through West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York and got to within 761 miles of Katahdin, ME. It has been the experience of a lifetime and I'm looking forward to 200 percent more, and then 300 percent more when I do the bottom half of the trail.
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