Date: 2016-07-22
From: PA 873 Lehigh River Bridge East - 1256.9

To: Wind Gap - PA 33 - 1277.5
Miles today: 20.6

Surprise, surprise, we stayed in another hotel last night. While we really aren't picky, this hotel left some things to be desired. When we came into the lobby last night, it smelled terribly of marijuana smoke. We tried to remain optimistic. When we went to our room, the door had been propped open, which was a little strange so we asked the front desk if there was a reason. We received keys to a different room. Upon opening the door the room smelled so badly of marijuana smoke that we asked to have our original room back. We went back to the first room and made ourselves comfortable. It was an average room and met our expectations. Around 11:30 someone was trying to get into our room. They tried a key multiple times. We thought this was strange but we tried to ignore it. Then the front desk came and banged on the door and asked who we were and why we were in the room. We produced our receipt and told them we had booked the room for the night. He was satisfied with this and left. Apparently the girl at the front desk didn't put it in the system properly so they had tried to assign our room to someone else. After the ordeal, Porter didn't sleep well all night. We went to the complimentary hotel breakfast, all of them seem the same to us. We were going to have cereal. After blessing our food we each took a bite and realized the milk had spoiled, not the most pleasant experience. We then decided dry cereal was the best option this morning. After breakfast we headed back to the trail. This hotel left a bad taste in our mouth, pun intended.Starting out the day, we had two mileage plans in place. We like to have an alternate in case we have extra daylight and Sherpa has extra energy at the end of the day. Today, we are keeping our shorter day as the terrain was very rocky and Sherpa was tired this morning during his hike, probably due to our breakfast choice. We've learned our lesson. Today, although not the hottest day we've seen, seemed to make both of us sluggish. Today, Sherpa had little climb up some small mountains/hills. On the way up there were some very beautiful overlooks with incredible views. We are both saddened that it seems as though many of the pretty overlooks in this state have been vandalized with spray paint. At least some of the vandals are patriotic, there was a large image of an American flag at one of the sights. Today had longer segments with no road crossings for Sherpa and Porter to meet up. There were only two places where we could spend time together. At each of the places Sherpa got a nice long break in an air conditioned car. We are so thankful that Sherpa is able to do the trail like this. At the second crossing, Sherpa stayed a little longer to charge his phone and cool off as it so hot out. While we were there a few hikers showed up. Sherpa asked if they needed anything. They asked for water which we gave them. They were so grateful for the water as it was scarce on the previous section. We were thinking about how that compares to the Living Water. We all have an unquenchable thirst that can only be satisfied by Jesus Christ, the Living Water. When we drink of the Living Water, we thirst no more. Our desires are no longer the things of this life, no longer the things that this world has to offer; but instead are things eternal, things of God. If only we all so freely shared the Living Water when we saw someone spiritually thirsty as we share physical water with those who are parched. Tonight we are staying at a hotel in Stroudsburg, PA. We're hopeful for a better night of sleep and that our stretch of staying in hotels will soon come to an end. We sort of miss setting up the tent and staying at a campground a few nights in a row.