Date: 2006-10-14
From: Wolfsville Rd., Md. 17

To: Penn-Mar Park, Maryland
Miles today: 9.4

Wolfsville Rd., Md. 17 to Penn-Mar Park, Maryland N 9.4 MilesToday is Saturday October fourteenth. David(Terrys brother-in-law) left this morning at six o'clock. We didn't get up to say goodbye, we said our goodbyes the night before. He decided that Judy really wanted him to come home, so he left. He¢d already paid for camping at Greenbrier State Park for two more nights, couldn¢t get the money back. Terry and I are taking advantage of that again tonight. We get up at eight o'clock. We have a car rental with enterprise and they didn¢t open til nine. So we get going, and we went into town, we stopped at McDonald's to get a senior coffee, and I got a couple burritos. It was a madhouse in there on a Saturday morning. Terry finally got his coffee and I got my food and then 9:10, we left. Went down to enterprise, found it really easy. Got a Ford Focus for $15.29 a day, weekend special for three days. And then we took off and we headed out to trailhead. We drove all way up to Penn-mar Park, Maryland, and left the rental car there. So we drove back to Wolfsville road, Maryland 17. And we got ready and 11:30 we were on the trail. And right away you go down to Ensign Hollow shelter. So we used the privy there. Only stayed there a few minutes, went on. Boy it's been so long ago I don't remember what the Trail was like. This recording is 2 days after the hike. Seemed to me like it was pretty nice. And I think it went up and down, as they all do, and at 12:20 we crossed Maryland 77, Foxville rd. Then we went up and over and crossed Warner gap road, at 1:15. And we went up and over and we crossed Raven Rock hollow, Maryland 491 at 1:45. There was a dead deer on the trail, right before we crossed the road. He had gotten hit on the road, went over the guardrail, so that was kind of messy. So we crossed the road, went up just a few feet and sat down, and had lunch. From 1:45 to 2:10, and we left again. And it was steep up up up up and I just did not have it today. So it was really hard on me, but I just keep going. Past number of people, there are a lot of people, a lot of cars at the trailheads, a lot of people out. Devils Racecourse Shelter trail we hit it at 2:50pm. Course it was too far off, and too far down, so we didn't go to. At 3:40 we hit the trail to High Rock. Three forty to three fifty two we take another little break. We finally get up to the top of the Mt. and it's nice up there. And when they start to take you down, I was like where¢s the trail. You can't ever see the trail, because there is none, you are following blazes. They take you through all these boulders and down pretty steep. And then you get down to flatter part, gets better for a little while, and finally we saw what was kind of a nice trail for a little bit. And they hit the boulders again; you're going from blaze to blaze. Just kept going and finally we thought we're getting closer and closer, started crossing some old roads. Finally you get on some of these old roads, so the trail becomes a lot flatter, a lot nicer. We¢re always concerned about how late we're going to get out of there. And kept going and Trail kept getting pretty good, a lot better and finally Terry went on up ahead of me. And then I came out to Pen Mar overlook around 5:40. And we had to go up to where we had hiked two years ago and come down. And then we got in the rental car, Went and picked up Terry's car, and then headed for Greenbrier State Park. We stopped and got gas, and there was a subway there, and we got milk, all in one stop. That worked well nice. And then we got on this highway 66. It just takes you straight over to Hwy 40, At the Sheets. And you're only two miles from Greenbrier state park. I got back to the campground, and no sooner we get out of our cars, and now we have people on both sides of us, real close. The people behind us, they right away said, "hey you want some hot chili". And then they had a couple of ears of corn. We said sure, so that turned out real nice. To pull in your camping spot and they have food for you.  We took our showers and I was charging up some batteries in my cell phone. Now we're just sitting in our mini-van bed, going to enjoy life for a while, reading and thinking about tomorrow. That's about all I can say, it was a cool day that was very nice. I love the coolness. Very clear day, breezy. You could say a perfect hiking day.