03 Apr Rocky Run Shelter

Rocky Run Shelter

Another beautiful day - just like yesterday.  The weather is really cooperating - makes up for previous hikes.   9 miles today.  We are are very sore - strained muscles and bruised shoulders and hip bones (from the pack).   But feet are good (no blisters) and that is important.

No data signal here at Rocky Run Shelter so I cannot mark my position in Google Latitude nor can I send this tonight.  (I have the long. and lat. below but cannot load them to latitude history unless I manually edit the KML file.)  

Rocky Run Shelter is appropriately named - the trail descending to the shelter was like a stream bed full of rocks but with slippery, dry leaves hiding them in places.  The shelter is new this year - 2 story, 3 sided log cabin, with windows and a porch.  Very nice!

Very crowded all day again.  Lots of day hikers as well as overnight campers due to Easter and school spring breaks.  There are at least 12-14 people here tonight but most are in the old shelter or in tents. 

We are sharing the new shelter with Shaun and Andrew, brothers who are a senior and freshman in high school.   Their parents dropped them off this morning in Harper's Ferry.  Essentially, they hiked today what took us 2 days, and got here before we did!  Their parents must really trust them to let them go out camping alone.  But they seem to be very mature and responsible, and quite knowledgable about hiking and camping.  We talked about hiking and the AT specifically - a very pleasant evening before an early bedtime. 

Because we have the bottom half of the shelter to ourselves, I am typing this while laying in my sleeping bag.  I would not normally impose like this. 

Time to put this away and go to sleep.

Location Note from #Compass
Altitude: 939 ft
Latitude: 39°27'44.4" N
Longitude: 77°37'52.5" W