Date: 2018-06-05
From: Dahlgren Backpack campground 

To: Waynesboro Pa
Miles today: 17.4

Rrally nice morning to wake up to.Had a good chat with Bourbon Bob in the morning.Cool guy from Georgia and is a history teacher.Hope we get to hang out again soon.  Trail takes you through Washington monument state park.Really nice with lots of history if you like that kind of thing.I know Bourbon Bob was in his glory.Little side trail takes you to the original Washington monument.It was really cool to see.Excellent views and platform at the top.Had a spiral staircase that brings you to the top.It was early when we arrived so it was locked and couldn¢t go to the top.Its probably 3 or 4 stories high and all stone construction.Never knew it existed and glad I saw it   Trail was pretty gentle on me today.Rolling hills.We caught up to Chad the Dad and hiked with him the rest of the day.Also met Wheat.A really nice guy from Va..He is an older guy I really had a hard time keeping up with.Great conversations made it worth it   Middle afternoon we are all hiking along and another downpour comes from nowhere.It was a cold ,cold rain.Lasted a little while but I was shivering at the end.Probably because I am turning into a skeleton and have very little fat on my body to keep me warm anymore.  We arrived at PenMar state park about 2 minuetes after the rain ended.It had covered pavilions.Dimps,Samwise,Strawberry Milkshake and a few others were there and kind of laughed seeing me soaked to the bone because they were under cover the whole time.Werent laughing at me ,just the situation because we have all been totally soaked many times on this trip.While at the park Numb,Chad the Dad and I decided to hitch into Waynesboro Pa to get a burger and a few beers.I stuck out my thumb and the first person stopped and took us down.We decided to go to Applebee¢s.Had a really great time !A local guy my age was really interested in the journey and bought us a beer.Really cool guy who I could tell would love to be doing this adventure but can¢t get the time off.He hung out with us for a long time.While there a hail and another downpour happened.And the weather said  it looked bad for the rest of the night.The 3 of us decided to split a room.I told Numb and Chad the Dad that they are getting really soft and can¢t deal with rain anymore and I wanted to get back out on the trail.Honestly I was all about staying in town though!  Waynesboro  was a cool place.Lots of really old buildings and has a old look to it.Went to a pub while there and met some locals.One guy there and I shared the same music tastes.He played some Grateful Dead songs for me.It was great  Ended up being another really fun night with Chad and Numb.Not sure how we will get back to the trail tomorrow and don¢t care.It always works out someway.  Last thing.I talked to this really wonderful person I met on this trail a while ago ,today.She is going through some really unfair ,unimaginable things.Through all of it she wants to help other people and has listened to a lot of my tiny problems compared to what she is going through .Just a one of a kind genuine person.Has become a great friend and just want everything to get better for her.This lyric popped in my head today thinking about it all  ¢When things go wrong,wrong with you,it hurts me too¢-Govt Mule -