June 14-15 in northern VA

June 14, 2005 | Day 79 | Miles: 20.5 | Total Miles: 1009.8
End: Hilltop House Hotel, Harpers Ferry, WV
Danielle:
Hot and humid again
A lot of milestones today:
1000 miles. Wahoo! Out of VA. Double Wahoo! Into Harpers Ferry. Amazing.
How did all this happen? Crazy. We're very proud of ourselves, and tired too. :-) We're enjoying our stay here at the Hilltop House courtesy of our wonderful friends at Glen Group. Thanks guys! This is perfect. We'll be taking the day off tomorrow and sleeping in, relaxing, eating, getting errands done and visiting the Appalachian Trail Conference main office to get our photos taken for the 2005 log, and to find out what number thru-hiker we are this year. Should be interesting.
And now, to sleep :-)

Ryan:
three h's
so hot, so very hot. today, was big: we left virginia and we crossed the 1000 mile mark. and, dinner at the hotel was buffet. really, what is better than a shower and an ayce buffet? harpers ferry is the called the "psychological halfway point," which i personally find to be the most ridiculous thing ever. halfway is still 80 miles north. that's when i'll celebrate halfway...when i get there. although, it is great to reach harpers ferry, and i'm sure i'll always remember the feeling i had crossing the 340 bridge. but, right now, i really just want to sleep. good night.
today's song - country roads, john denver (really, what other song could it be today? you can also substitute the fine cover of this classic by me first and the gimme gimmes...excellent.)

June 15, 2005 | Day 80 | Miles: 0 | Total Miles: 1009.8
End: Hilltop House, Harper's Ferry, WV
Danielle:
Warm and sunny
A big thank you to our wonderful friends and family! Mom and Dad, thanks for the snickers and the ice cream money. Yum! Krisser, thanks for the chocolate, cookies and other fun goodies. You are the best for thinking of us. Thanks to Abe for the Little Debbie treats, oh yes, and the "Monkey Butt Powder" for Ryan's (ok, and mine) chafing. It's hot and sweaty out here. What can you do? The bottle made us laugh, but will be quite useful. And finally, a huge thanks to my aunt Theresa, uncle Dave and cousin Sarah for packaging up and sending us a huge amount of food. Dehydrated meals, gorp, candy and more. Yum. We can't wait to eat it all :-) Thanks everyone!
Other than picking up all our packages, we had our photo taken at the Appalachian Trail Conference and found out we were hikers #284 and 285 who have been through Harper's Ferry, attempting to thru-hike this year. Cool. Now we're all officially documented :-)
We also did all our regular town chores and ate, of course :-) Back on the trail tomorrow, renewed and rested!

Ryan:
three h's
another hot day, but at least we weren't hiking in it. today, we ate breakfast, went grocery shopping, ate lunch, did a couple errands, ate dinner, packed up, stole ice cream from the hotel restaurant...a typical zero day. not totally relaxing, but no hiking, so the body is happy. appalachian trail conference headquarters are here in harpers ferry, so we stopped in to get our picture taken and sign the log book. we are thruhikers 284 and 285 for the year...we think that's just about the middle of the pack. back at it tomorrow, and into maryland. i did pause tonight and have a 1000 mile cigar. ahhhh...
today's song - you're the inspiration, chicago (this is one of the worst songs of all time, but it was playing the restaurant where we ate lunch. we were singing along...and getting some strange looks. but, i think that's because i was wearing a skirt.)