Date: 2014-05-25
From: Boiling Springs, PA

To: Duncannon, PA
Miles today: 25.7
Weather: clear sky

Day 74: Sunday, 25 May 2014 Boiling Springs, PA (1115.2) to Duncannon, PA (1140.9)It¢s a bit unusual that Buffalo would call 2 days in a row, but I had left him a message yesterday.An anonymous person signed Buffalo¢s Guest Book telling him to ¢look out for Mudderfingers and Cool Story¢, who, apparently are filming a documentary about the AT, at least according to this anonymous person. This isn¢t the first time this person wrote about this, and commented that Buffalo is ¢flying¢ and that he¢s a ¢hiking machine¢ to have caught up with this crew, who are just ¢humans¢, who started a couple weeks prior to Buffalo. I was just curious if Buffalo had met these people or if he knew anything about it. So, Buffalo called, also curious! He said that he had heard that someone was making a video, but hadn¢t seen anyone that fit the part. I told him to watch out for ¢moving bushes¢!¢Yesterday, we walked across the longest, easiest, flattest stretch of trail ¢ about 14 miles through the Cumberland Valley. Today, we went over what the guide book warned as being extremely rocky, but it wasn¢t too bad!We¢re in ¢Duncannon¢, but we crossed the line into New Buffalo. I got a picture of that! We will cross the Susquehanna River tomorrow.¢Well, the Susquehanna is from Mum¢s neck of the woods ¢ it comes out of Otsego Lake in Cooperstown, NY (think the Baseball Hall of Fame) and runs through my hometown of Binghamton, NY. It eventually empties into the Chesapeake Bay, FAHthur¢s neck of the woods. I told Buffalo that when I was little, I remember talk, and jokes, about the Susquehanna being very, very polluted. ¢Is that what caught on fire?¢ No, that was Lake Erie! But the Susquehanna probably wasn¢t too far behind! It is now quite the recreational river through New York and Pennsylvania! I think I may have even water skied on it many years ago! The Susquehanna, at 464 miles, is the longest river on our East Coast. It is also what flooded Binghamton a few years ago. I don¢t ever remember the Susquehanna raising that much to flood Binghamton, even in June 1972 with Hurricane Agnes. Anyway, thinking about Buffalo crossing the Susquehanna brought back a lot of memories.¢I called Sunshine [one of Buffalo¢s early hiking partners last year on the PCT]. He¢s up in Alaska, working on the building of a rock gym. Living the Dream! Claire (Scones) is now in Colorado working on a farm. Living the Dream! Katie (Doodles), besides being published in ¢Backpacker¢, is planning to go to Colorado with Stewart for college. Living the Dream!¢Oh, and Dixie at church said that her son Michael will be starting the PCT in a couple months, going southbound. I guess he¢s Living the Dream!¢Cool! So we personally know [families of] 2 people hiking the PCT, one on the AT, and one going East to West on a bicycle! How awesome is THAT!¢For all you faithful readers, I¢m hoping to have pictures in a couple weeks. Maybe it doesn¢t bother you, not having pictures, but it sure bothers me! I LOVE looking at Buffalo¢s pictures (I practically memorized them last year, transcribing his journal for the PCT.) Besides, the pictures help keep the mind occupied if my journal update is boring!Thanks for reading,The Mum and¢¦¢¦.