Just moving along.

I haven't updated it looks like since the Grayson Highlands. Since then we have done over 400 miles and finally finished Virginia. Thank the Lord. Virginia just got old real quick. I'm sitting here at Harpers Ferry, WV. Which is the half way point mentally as a fellow thru hiker says. The actually half way point is another 70 miles away. We will be hitting that very soon. Since my last post I've been through the Blue Ridge ParkWay. Through Jefferson National Forrest. Washington National Forrest. Shenandoah National Park. Been to the ATC HQ. Fallen twice. Hyper-extended my left leg. Have seen 6 bears. Countless snakes. More deer than I thought was humanly possible. Tons of chipmunks. Hand full of turkeys. And a group of smelly thru hikers (which I am apart of).

Our thru hiking group is consider the 1st bubble of this years hike. There are 3 females and 11 males. Turtle, Greenbean, and Fern are our lovely ladies. Goose, I, Moses, Bluegrass, Rambo, Spoon, ZoSo, Daddy O, TBo, Groundhog, and Mule are the menleist of all men. Mule and Turtle are married. Fern is Greenbeans dog. So there is our hiking group. Someone none of us do drugs. Which is really rare on the trail I've come to realize. As of right now only Moses, Bluegrass, and Groundhog are ahead of us.

Harpers Ferry, WV. Is well a tourist trap. Awful for thru hikers. Even though it is the official half way point for the AT according to the ATC. In HP, WV you go to the ATC HQ to sign in letting them know you've been half way and to really register for the trail. Also you find out what number you are. Goose and I are number 18 and 19. Which means we are the 18th and 19th person to make it half way. So if the AT was a race we would be in 18th and 19th place out of 1000+ other thru hikers. Which I thought was really cool. So theirs Harpers Ferry, WV in a nutshell. Oh yeah we hit 1000 miles yesterday.

In Virginia we got to experience The Priest, Three Ridges Mountain, Blue Ridge Parkway, bears, Shenandoah National Park, and some mean 11.5 miles known as the "Roller Coaster". I will start with The Priest. The Priest is a mountain that well pretty much goes straight down for 4000ft. It put you knees into shock. On the otherside of The Priest is Three Ridge Mountian. Three Ridge Mountian is 3600 feet straight up with a BUNCH of boulders and really annoying softball size rocks that you walk over. It took longer than expected to get up this Mountain. I also managed to fall up this one. Yeah fell up a mountain takes talent my friends and I have that talent. The Blue Ridge Parkway and Shenandoah National Park are pretty much the same thing. You hike along side this parkway for about 180 miles or so. On top of a ridge all day everyday. Got old. Same views. Now the roller coaster. Rough. I mean rough. 10 back to back to back to etc... Straight up and straight downs. All atleast 500ft and rockier than a gravel pit. It was tough. Managed to fall during this and hyper extend my left leg. Felt really good.

I need to go hiking now. I will bring more later. For now it's hiking time!