6/19 ~ Rocky Run Shelter (5.25 miles)

Short day today. I didn't get started until 2:30pm. I stopped at Rocky Run to eat dinner, and I decided to stay after Bristlecone said that he thought Dahlgren would be crowded and loud with boy scouts he saw heading for there. My experiences camping among boy scouts haven't been bad exactly, but their exhuberance tends to result in less sleep for me.

I'll likely cross I40 and I70 tomorrow. So, I finally get to cross that I70 bridge that I've driven under every time I've come through PA. If I get a latish start, I can hit a brunch on 40A. That's pretty tempting, but I really want to get started early tomorrow and the brunch doesn't start until 10:30 and it's only 1.5 miles from here.

We can hear a lot of gunfire here. It must be from the gun club down the mountain. Ah, memories of D.C.  At this moment, I am also hearing thumping music in the distance. It must be really loud because there isn't a road within a mile of here, and I can't see backpackers lugging in a boom box.