What are those crazy Kasprzaks up to now?

So we ended  up taking a zero day in Pearisburg because it took us a long time to resupply and do laundry. The Walmart was 2 miles away from the hotel so on foot it took us about and hour to get there.

Hiking out of Pearisburg we got lost and ended up doing about 4 extra miles... lame. There was no place to resupply on fuel in town so we had to cook by fire for a couple of days. Normally I prefer this method, but when all you want to do is eat and go to bed making a fire becomes a lot of extra work, not to mention all the extra "protein" you get from bugs, bark and what ever else falls in your cup. When i was stirring my pasta i pulled out a bug the size of my spoon. Yuck! But i ate it anyhow (not the bug, the food)

It has been super hot. Yesterday we hiked 16 miles through 105 degrees on top of a mountain ridge. HOT! A few days earlier we were at "the captains," a nice man from the area that lets hikers camp in his lawn,tube down the river and provides them with cold soda. He even set up a zip line swing so you don't have to walk through the river to get to his place. Elliott and I couldn't resist a day of tubing down the river so we stayed there for and hung out for awhile.

So hiking, hiking, playing, hiking.... but tonight we are getting a ride to Harper's Ferry and plan to do some hiking around that area, but also we plan to spend a few days in D.C.! 
Elliott has never been there and we really want to go... so its our adventure and we are going to go! We are both pretty excited!

What I don't think I told you yet is that we will probably not be able to finish the trail this year. I have a possible job opportunity and will start August 1 which is not enough time to finish the trail.(If I get the job i will let everyone know what it is) Instead of pushing it and killing ourselves we have decided to chill out and have fun. We will most likely end the summer having hiked about 800 miles... give or take... 

So yeah Appalachian Adventure here we come hiking, couchsurfing, traveling, sight seeing, relaxing, more hiking and then we take a trail out of Harper's Ferry June 22nd to come home for Paul and Cathy's wedding!

Can't wait to see everyone!!!!