Date: 2015-06-20
From: William Penn Shelter, PA

To: Eagles Nest Shelter, PA
Miles today: 19.2
Weather: broken clouds

A lazy morning would set the tone for the day. I didn't consider budging until 7:30am. Fortunately neither did Burnsides or his brother Matt, now dubbed Papa John. A couple of local guys ran by along the the trail and said that Scott Jurek was a mile back. We quickly jumped up and stood along the trail with our cameras. After about half an hour of standing, we figured that they meant to say an hour back instead of a mile. We went back to slowly packing our gear until finally a group of runners approached, Jurek leading the way. He coolest thing was that he wasn't all business despite them record he's attempting to beat. He stopped, asked us questions regarding our hike, and posed for a picture with us. He then retreated to a nearby privy before returning to the trail and continuingnon with his convoy trailing. As he headed off he yelled, "Crush it to Maine. Owwwwwww." The guy was totally cool. We'll be rooting for him.We finally got the trail at 10:00am and made it ~4 miles to 501 Shelter. Normally you could order a pizza and have it delivered to the shelter, but we were told deliveries don't start until 4:00pm. With the thought of pizza planted firmly in our minds, we decided to make it into town to retrieve some instead. Burnsides and Papa John landed the first hitch and were headed into town as Yoohoo and I waited behind. We then decided to catch our own hitch and meet them in tow and eat there instead. We landed our own hitch within the next 15 minutes. When we entered the pizza place, however, we realized they had already been there and returned to the trail head. We walked to a nearby convenient store; I grabbed 2 Coke's, Yoohoo grabbed a Yoohoo.After another ~20 minutes of thumbs out, a kind lady finally stopped and whisked us back to the trail where Burnsides and Papa John waited with pizza and a salad. Papa John covered the meal and we were really thankful for the trail magic. Very cool guy and it's been a pleasure having him hike with us for a couple of days.Moosehead arrived just as we returned to the trail and the remainder of the day would pass by rather uneventful as we walked in our own convoy. The entire ~19 miles today were very rocky and my feet are suffering as a result. Raw spots have developed on almost all of the pads of my toes. It made for a very mental day, as I hobbled and suffered with almost every step. I assume the next ~9 miles into Port Clinton, PA will be a bit of the same, but the thought of a near/zero combo should be enough to get me there.I arrived at the shelter tonight just as rain began. So far it's pretty light, but is supposed to pick up over night. Hopefully it doesn't last too long into tomorrow, but that's part of the trail. At the moment 11 people are stuffed into an 6-man shelter, a mix of thru and section hikers. There's never such a thing as no room in a shelter when it comes to rain. It'll be a cozy sleep if anything. I didn't think I'd have enough battery to journal (currently 5% left,) but I was able to squeeze this quick one outHere's to Jurek going for the record, the kindness of Papa John, and Burnsides just scamming me in the form of trading me a can of Coke for a pack of tuna and a Nutty Bar.