DAY 47 found me well rested and raring to go after a good 7 hours rest. We aren’t too far from home, but it will be another day of hiking and diversions before we will make it back to CT. A little after an hour we arrived at Catoctin Mountain Park, which is part of the National Park System. We took two short hikes while there, as the day was quite overcast and the dense fog preventing us from seeing the surrounding beauty.

We continued on our way and stopped at Cabela’s in Hamburg, Pennsylvania. Since it is an outdoorsman’s store it probably would have been better putting that at the beginning of the trip. It was great to see all the gadgets there are for camping and hiking and it gave me a sense of accomplishment by nearly finishing this trip by using predominantly recycled or repurposed supplies. What you find in the store definitely allows a hiker to pack a lot lighter. Good thing I didn’t hike this adventure. I would never have made it out of CT.

We were trying to get one more stop in before dark, but that plan was foiled 7 miles up the way. An accident blocked our way so we decided to turn back. While the accident didn’t look good it also didn’t look like anyone was seriously injured. There were plenty of people on the scene and we had no special skills to offer, so chose to stay the night at the Welcome Center. Let’s hope our luck continues.