Balls...Balls...Balls...To the wall!!!!

Sorry about the lack of updates, but before we left on this trip I neglected to take into consideration the fact that forests lack the direct sunlight necessary for solar powered chargers to operate.



29 miles on Thursday. Whoever does the zoning in Connellsville should be fired, because a glass factory next to a bike path is not a good idea. Flat number one and Bryce was the victim. Later that day I hit a 2" diameter twig at about 10 yards during slingshot practice. That'll come in handy when we deplete the food supply and have to resort to small game. Finished off the day with a walk up a steep hill that never seemed to end. It was actually about a quarter mile, but each time you reached what you thought was the top it just turned and kept going. Oh well, the campsite was worth it and we got a good nights rest.



Friday was a 22 mile day for a total of 51 over two days. We had planned on going a bunch further, but had to stop at 'lunch rock' (photos soon), a site that looked like it should be on the cover of a backpacking magazine and that we would later find out was, in fact, on the cover of a yoga magazine. We were informed of this interesting fact by Mr. Jeff and his wife who unexpectedly visited our secluded site at dusk. With Miller lites in hand and two children in tow they arrived, briefing us on the sites name as well as the presence of a vortex just upstream with healing qualities. Mr. Jeff was particularly interested in our trip because of his past experience on a bike. In 1981 he and 9 other riders completed a 5000 mile cross country trip on road bikes. Tempting, but I think we'll stick with 1200. Nonetheless, after a good chat the four visitors vanished into the treeline, but just as Bryce turned to me and said , "Man, I thought we were scorin' a couple miller lites.", who would emerge from the brush but Mr. Jeff, two beers in hand. Good Night!



We may be a little behind our original schedule, but as our friend Jennings said, "No wife, no kids, no dogs, no cats. Have a good time. . . Just no ugly ones."



More updates on the recent days soon...