Date: 2006-10-13
From: Crampton Gap, Gapland Rd

To: Washington Monument Rd
Miles today: 9.6

KeepTryst Road to   Crampton Gap, Gapland Rd   S 7.1 MilesWashington Monument Rd to  Boonsboro Mt. Rd   S 2.5 MilesToday is Friday October thirteenth. We spent last night at Greenbrier State park in our mini-van and I got pretty cold and sleeping was just so so. But we made it through the night OK. Got up this morning and had breakfast in the car. Next we put the David¢s van down at Keep Tryst road. So we came back up to Gathland State park and parked the car at Crampton Gap at 9:35. And we started hiking. And it was just a beautiful crisp cool morning with full sunshine. And we got on this old old road that was pretty easy going and very level and just made really really good time. At 11:30 we arrived at Ed Garvey shelter. I think was like one point seven miles. And there's two gentlemen there, we talked to both to them. one guy section hiking, going north and he left. Terry and I were reading the trail journals and the last entry was from the guy that was still there. And he had talked about being a victim of attempted robbery and being beat up in Baltimore, Maryland. And so he came out here to the woods to heal. The shelter, I really loved it, had upper deck that you took the steps in the back to get up to. Terry and I sat there for forty five minutes having lunch, David was there about thirty minutes, and he left. Privy came in real handy. Got back on the trail. Continued walking again for the most part on a very nice trail. A bunch of guys passed us. There was just one guy after another, about seven guys, and they've just like evenly spaced out, thirty seconds apart, just seemed odd. And so the next thing we were looking for was the Weaverton Cliffs. And finally we saw them, and Terry and I went down to look at the cliffs. We didn't quite go all the way out onto the rocks, for you get a clear view, but we do kind of see the Potomac down below, and we came back up. And then it switched back, down down down to get you off the mountain. And came out and crossed by some houses, across through the woods, and then underneath Hwy 340. Finally to the car on Keep Tryst Road and I Think it was 2:05 pm. So then we said "hey let's get some more mileage, because that wasn¢t enough, seven point one miles". But I said we can't do the next section, it¢s too long. So we reshuttled and we finally left one car up on Washington Monument road. Then we drove around to Boonsboro Mountain Road and hiked south. Got on the trail about 3:30. And at 4:30 we were coming up to Washington Monument at two point one mile. And it was an interesting, nobody knew about this Washington Monument. Actually we had seen the monument up on the mountain side earlier as we are reshuttling cars. So we stayed up there at the monument about fifteen minutes walked up and inside it to the top. Took some pictures and then we walked down this nice gravel road to one of the top parking lots. We walked through the woods, down to our car and got down there at about five o'clock. For a total of two point seven miles. Came back to Greenbrier campground to see if we could get a refund on the next two days, because David is going to go home tomorrow morning. That didn't work, I guess we will be camping here the next couple nights. We got cleaned up and went back over to Boonsboro, ate at this Anselonni Italian pizza place, and we waited and waited and waited for our Pizza. Finally Terry¢s pizza came but not David¢s; they kept saying "What did you order". And finally, I guess it was late enough; the gal came over and said" Well if you've been waiting more than forty five minutes, it would be free". So it turned out they didn't even charge David for his soda, so he got his entire meal free. His second free meal of the week. Terry and I had a beer and a wine and we had a large pizza, and even us, they charged very little, maybe half price. So we were feeling pretty good about that. We went around the corner and got ice cream a hot fudge sundae. And we came back to the campground and now get some rest. On to next adventure. Tomorrow I guess Terry is going to go down into Hagerstown, and try to get a car for a three day weekend deal.