Officer Dingle

6/20/12 – 957 miles
Only one more day and I will be out of the Shenandoah National Park. I must say that I have – for the most part – enjoyed the hike through here. If it weren’t for one day of rain and one day (today) of 90 degree heat, it would have been perfect weather. Most of the trail is smooth, well graded, and rock free.

I’m the one that’s always up first in the morning so I asked everyone last night if they wanted me to wake them at 5:00 am. Everyone said they wanted me to get them up for sure. Blue Sky, Comma-Kaze, and I were going to breakfast again at Elkwallow Wayside and Rocky and Spicy were planning a long day to get to town. When I tried to wake them at 5:10, all I got was groans from everyone, but eventually they all started to crawl out.

We arrived at the wayside before it opened. There we met Robo and Tink and Pesky already waiting. Everyone was being questioned by a park ranger. It seems that someone had camped on the lawn during the night and the ranger was very upset about that. He was looking to hand out a ticket to someone.

After much food and conversation, we all headed out to face the increasing heat of the day. We did make it 19 miles but everyone was totally whipped. I’m camping here with CK. Everyone else is headed on to get closer to Front Royal.

3 Responses to “Officer Dingle”

  1. Donna says:

    So do you know who camped on the lawn? You can tell us, your readers. We promise not to tell. 😉
    I love reading all the trail names people come up with. I wonder if there is a story behind every one, or most just like the sound of them.

  2. Castaway says:

    Donna, there usually is a story behind every name. Some people name themselves. Kleenex was good at snot rockets but didn’t want to be called that. I would never camp anyplace I’m not supposed to.

  3. Donna says:

    Oh, I wasn’t implying YOU were camping there. I was joking that something you might write on the world wide web (to us, your readers) would be kept a secret. I’m sure you always follow all laws. 🙂

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