Date: 2010-05-04
From: Bake Pven Knob Shelter

To: Jailhouse Hostel
Miles today: 10.4

1 CPR. I forgot to mention that I had seen several rocks growing out of the trees about 4-6 ft above the ground. 2. Report. The night was rather uneventful, the big black mamba snakes did not make any more appearances. JP and I got up early and were out before 0700. The trail started relatively easy, then returned to another boulder  field or two. We had a very scenic view of the countryside and even hiked over a place where the PA turnpike passed under us quite a few hundred feet. We had a short lunch break at a shelter. We crossed several highways and a river, then picked up a blue blaze trail to the town of Palmerton, where we checked into the ¢Jailhouse Hostel¢ Got showered, washed clothes and a practice lunch at Quiznos. Tonite will be steak at BertsI mailed an SD card of images to Lumpy, who has volunteered to be my photo editor this year. So, you should be seeing some photos posted in the next week or so.I had intended to pickup some AT maps in Boiling Springs. After getting lost in the boulder fields, I¢m a convert for the paper AT maps. But, I passed Boiling Springs to let my heels recover. Then when were at an REI to get JP some boots, all the maps I were interested in were out. No problem, JP calls his ground control (Mystery Lady Mary) to mail me some at the Wind Gap PO. I¢ve talked briefly to MLM and it is quite obvious she is way to good for JP, but that¢s not my problem. Anyway, JP reports that the maps for Wyoming and Rhode Island are in the mail to Wind Gap.JP quote for the day: Just when you expect to have a walk in the violets, it quickly turns into the trail from Hell. 6. NEW CATEGORY: AT Greasy Spoons. In one of my former lives I used to be regularly on temporary duty assignments and made it my mission to find the best restaurants at wherever I was working. I became so adapt at this that my colleagues demanded my professional advice in the gastronomic arts. So, I started rating these establishments and gave them from 1 to 5 ¢Greasy Spoons¢ based on my expert opinion. I¢ve decided to start rating eating establishments. The key criterion is that places be located where AT hikers could easily visit. So, here is the first report: Waynesburger (Waynesboro PA) ¢ solid 3 spoons for homemade, hand formed hamburgers, real fries and onion rings and thick malts.  This is no MacDonalds, its an old timey hamburger jointGus and Vic¢s (Waynesboro) ¢ 2 spoons. Weak salad bar, probably could have earned another spoon if I had ordered the fried chicken special that Lumpy had.Doyle Hotel (Duncannon) ¢ solid 3 spoons. Large variety of food from wings to burgers to homemade soups and spaghetti. Not too bad beer selection either.Goodies (Duncannon) ¢ great breakfast place. Loved the customer self service coffee and the French toast, sausage egg sandwich with homefries. Another 3 spoons.Giodellia (?) Pizza place  (Duncannon) ¢ 1 spoon. Fair, nothing specialGreen Mountain General Store (on some road somewhere in PA) ¢ 4 spoons!! I had the special sub sandwich and inhaled it, and I don¢t even like sub sandwiches. Then topped it off with a very large double scoop of moosetracks ice cream. This is a store straight of the fifties, I thought I was back in Old Ocean, Texas. Note: if it had a liquor license and served beer it would have been awarded one of the rare and coveted 5 spoon ratings.Mt Holly Restaurant- 1 spoon. A little upscale for hiker fare and service wasn¢t the best; but it was real close to my motel roomOriginal Italian Pizza- 2 spoons delivers to the 501 shelter, fast, hot good and large sizes. But no napkins, pepper flakes or grated cheese prevents higher ratingLife is Great!