Due to the heat we start early and have a 6.00am breakfast at Goodies Diner, eating blueberry pancakes before heading out of town. It is a long hike through the town of Duncannon - decaying timber houses with junk in the yard, followed by a long walk over two highway bridges to cross the Susquehanna River.
We climb up on to the ridge and reach our first road crossing where trail angels have left about 20 gallon containers filled with water. We arrive as they have just been refilled.
The most memorable part of the day is being attacked by a spaniel, at Clarks Creek. I gather my two walking sticks together, ready to defend myself and spike the dog and call out in a loud voice 'Control Your Dog'. The owner doesnt get it and I repeat it again. He is irate - he sees us as the problem rather than the dog.
A report on the lack of water at the lunchtime shelter makes us look closey at our options for the next few days as there are long distances without any water source.
We calculate our schedule - we have 77 days to go until the 25th September. To climb Mt Katahdin and finish the hike we need to walk another 1000 miles. We are over the half way mark now and it is looking possible. We need to average 13 miles a day to reach our target - this includes rest days. Possible but it is not going to be easy.
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