Date: 2006-06-21
From: Pine Grove Furnace State Park (Home)

To: Duncannon (Home)
Miles today: 45.0
Weather: overcast clouds

After sleeping in again in my own bed it was time to get up and get my day started. Danielle and I headed for Timonium, MD where REI is located. This is the outfitter that I purchased many of the items I am using on my hike. I was on a quest to find some new shoes to help me deal with the PA rocks. I also needed to find new tips for my trekking poles which were both completely worn. I didn¢t make out so good with the shoes. I liked the Montrail Hardrocks the best but they didn¢t have my size. But the poles were a different story. When the salesman was unable to locate the replacement tips for my trekking poles, he replaced the entire poles. Now that¢s customer service! Roughly 1 mile up the road from REI is EMS, another outfitter. We checked there for the Montrail¢s and they had my size. So our trip was a success and of course we stopped for some lunch at a nice little Mexican place.We got home and had about an hour before we were back on the road. This time we were heading north for Boiling Springs where I was going to hike to Rt. 11 to fill in a gap from my shakedown hikes in the spring. We picked up my sister, Stacy, on the way and then got to ATC office in Boiling Springs a little after 5pm. Hiking with my sister was great but to make the days hike even more special I was able to hike with the Murphy boys. Rodger, Levi, and Shad joined my sister and I for a few miles on the trail. Levi and Shad did great. I shortened my trekking poles for the boys and they seemed to enjoy there hike on the A.T. They hiked north for about 2 miles and then had to hike back 2 miles to their car. Shad never stopped asking question the whole time and was still hiking just as fast as me. Not bad for a 6 year old! After they turned back toward their car, my sister and I had about 6 miles to go to get to Rt. 11 where Danielle was waiting for us. Finishing this section now officially puts me at Duncannon, where I will resume a normal hiking schedule tomorrow. If you wanted to read about my hike from Pine Grove to Boiling Springs or from Rt. 11 to Duncannon see Prep #7 or Prep #11.Now that I am officially past the halfway point, I wanted to thank everyone who has been helping me out, passing on words of encouragement or just keeping me in their thoughts. Without all of you I could never have come this far. I also wanted to thank all of you that have helped me with my secondary goal which is raising $2,175 dollars for Cystic Fibrosis as part of Team Shad. My fund raising efforts are just slightly behind my hiking effort as I am currently at $810 dollars. I know that many of you have asked Danielle about sending checks rather than using the online donation option. We now have an address where checks may be sent or you can still use a check card or credit card and make your donation online at the link below. If you haven¢t donated please consider doing so. If you have donated, please spread the word to a friend or maybe your employer. Summiting Mt. Katahdin in August will feel so much sweeter knowing that I have met this goal.Make Checks Payable to: Cystic FibrosisMail to:         Cystic Fibrosis55 South Progress Ave.Harrisburg, PA 17109(In the Memo of the check write Joseph Klinedinst)To Contribute online click below.Support Team ShadIf you would like to help Joe reach his goal quicker, there is a cookbook available containing 249 recipes that you may purchase. There is a photo of Joe¢s great-grandparents, Dewey and Flora Bare, on the front cover. The proceeds of this cookbook will be going to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. All the recipes were contributed by Dewey & Flora¢s descendants and their families, including Joe¢s wife, Danielle. The cookbooks are $6.00 each, plus an additional $2.00 each to have them mailed to you. Please contact Sandy Dayhoff at: cecilsdaughter2000@yahoo.com or call 717-632-0536 to make arrangements to receive the cookbook and discuss method of payment. Thank you!