Going to visit Porter and Pace! 720 miles hiked and counting...

I am heading down to VA to visit with Porter and Pace on, drum roll please......Friday the 13th. Not being a superstitious kind of girl, I expect to have an uneventful trip from New York City where I have an event the night before. Porter's sister, Burps (Liz), will likely pick them up in southern Virginia and I will meet them in Washington D.C. for the weekend.

Since starting, both of the guys have lost inches. I recently had to order Pace a new backpack hip belt, size small. Porter will be trading his large for Pace's medium backpack belt. Porter already said he needs to buy new hiking pants since they are falling off of him. Both guys are hiking the shoes right off their feet. Porter is on his third pair of hiking shoes and Pace is on his second. They are burning rubber it appears.

In D.C. we will be celebrating Pace's 40th birthday that was on May 7, and will be going to a famous restaurant called Ruth's Chris Steakhouse.  We will walk out with our stomach's fuller and our pockets lighter. It's usually worth it though.

The nights, although sometimes still cold, are getting warmer. Pace sent me on a mission to get his other sleeping bag from his apartment. (This guy is super organized...it was exactly where he said it would be. It was neatly in a bin, but I think I did see a dust bunny hopping around.) His current sleeping bag is too warm so he will go with a lighter version. If he gets cold during the night he will layer on clothing.

Here are some photos Porter took with his iPhone this week. (Don't forget to click on the title above for a larger version of the map. Ms.Carreau check out the bottom of the post for GPS locations.)

Dragon's Tooth...can you see it?

Spring on the trail - Rhododendrons in bloom.

Porter looking down from McAfee Knob: mile 703, elevation 3197

Fellow AT hikers - good looking crew.

Tracy - Trail angel giving they guys a ride into town and to the local HoJo, Daleville, VA.

Porter and Pace Appalachian Trail 5/10/11

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Ms.Carreau here are the most recent GPS locations for your class to plot.

	05/10/2011 06:41:04 AM   (Latitude)				37.43338,	-79.9805(Longitude)
	05/10/2011 06:22:10 AM				37.4346,	-79.98758
	05/09/2011 04:02:27 PM				37.39291,	-80.03717
	05/07/2011 08:24:00 PM				37.35504,	-80.3382
	05/06/2011 08:01:20 PM				37.42188,	-80.60831
	05/05/2011 10:32:11 AM				37.33108,	-80.73947
	05/04/2011 08:35:42 PM				37.27065,	-80.83539
	05/04/2011 04:21:56 PM				37.2238,	-80.82416

I'm looking forward to seeing our wandering hikers. Pace has a lot of pictures he wants to download to my computer so once I get them I'll put them online for everyone to look at.

Happy Trails,

Ground Control, a/k/a Dreamer