GREG​​SPENCER

June 15, 2004 - Had a good time hanging out with the high schoolers last night. They are a church group from North Carolina. They are...

June 16, 2004 - I had a great night’s sleep. Almost all of the people that were here last night are gone; both groups are gone. A few...

June 17, 2004 - After 1.5 days away from the trail I was ready to get back on. Took my first zero day since I started hiking. Most people...

June 18, 2004 - Taking it easy yesterday paid off. Got in a good 27.9 miles with not much pain in the ankle. It appears to get a little...

June 19, 2004 - Praise the Lord; I can walk without pain. But only 23.6 miles because of the bad night’s sleep on the rocks. Also, I got...

June 20, 2004 - Happy Father’s Day. I wish I had access to a phone to call home to wish my dad a happy father’s day. I’ll have to wait a...

June 21, 2004 - Slept okay, but I broke one of my tent poles. I fixed it with duct tape so all’s good. Got an early start, because I had...

June 22, 2004 - Good night’s sleep. I got a banana for breakfast given to me by Dan, leader of the church group. Fresh fruit is real nice...

June 23, 2004 - No sleep at all last night. Cooked a good dinner over a campfire since I was out of fuel and the smoke keeps the bugs...

June 24, 2004 - Had a nice zero day, just my 2nd one. Didn’t do that much but the day just flew by. I wasn’t able to sleep in and woke up...

June 25, 2004 - Got a very late start. Woke up very late at 8 am and went to breakfast. Made some calls to get someone to drive Bilbo and...

June 26, 2004 - 34 miles on the day. I had the best day of hiking yet. Blue skies, no rain, cool weather, flat ground, few hills; doesn’t...

June 27, 2004 - I finally saw a bear today. Only took 900 miles to do so. It was a big one but when it saw me it ran off. Also saw 12...

June 28, 2004 - Finished up my 4th and last day in SNP and crossed Skyline Drive for the 45th time. Another great day for hiking.   I...

June 29, 2004 - Woke up earlier than the past few mornings. The idea of 37 miles didn’t seem that great of an idea anymore so I decided...

June 30, 2004 - Made it the 23 miles into Harper’s Ferry. Now I’m going to go eat.

July 1, 2004 - Yesterday I finished up the Rollercoaster with no problem. Then stopped at the Blackburn hostel for lunch then ran...

July 2, 2004 - Woke up early because Tara had to be back at work in Washington DC, so she drove us back to the ATC where we said our...

July 3, 2004 - Had a great night’s sleep. Got hiking by 8 and made great time down to Pen Mar Park which is right on the border of...

July 4, 2004 - Happy 4th of July and what a great day it was. Goose and I both got an early start so we could be at Pine Grove as soon as...

July 5, 2004 - 26.5 miles today. Thought about going another 7 but I’ve put in almost 115 miles the past 4 days so I’m going easy today....

July 6, 2004 - Another hot day but not as bad as yesterday. Slept in late until 7 then made my way to Duncannon for supplies. I didn’t...

July 7, 2004 - 30.8 miles over lots of rocks today. The big rocks aren’t bad, you can jump from one to another. The bad ones are the...

July 8, 2004 - Wow, what a thunderstorm last night. Right after I finished cleaning up from dinner it started to rain. It was a good...