Hello all, This past weekend I was joined by Scott, N3SW, as we hiked twenty-one miles on the Appalachian Trail from Pine Grove State Park to Caledonia State Park here in Pennsylvania. The scenery was just beautiful with the fall leaf colors on all the mountains we hiked over and through. The first day we hiked around 4.5 miles to Toms Run Shelters. These two shelters looked new! I put up my tent and Scott slept in his hammock. Friday night I worked N4BP in the contest and later we just sat by the campfire and then to bed in around 35' weather. Saturday we awoke to just above freezing temperatures, but clear blue skies. We eat breakfast and then hiked around 6.5 miles to Birch Run Shelter. Again this shelter looks new! Scott and myself found a nice campsite about 100 yards from the shelter to set up camp. After setting up our camp, we played radio and I worked W8AT! How about that call W8(AT)! Yes my Elecraft "Pimped-Out" KX1 worked great the entire hike. Oh yes, I forgot to mention that I forgot my BW Antenna, but Scott had an extra Norcal Doublet so I used that antenna on 30m. Saturday night we again made a nice campfire and sat around the fire talking and listening to the Penn State Football game and later the baseball game. It was a great evening and the fire kept us warm. Sunday we packed up and hiked some gorgeous trail with elevations over two thousand feet. This section was a ten-mile hike back to Caledonia S.P.
The hike was great as we met lots of people on the trail and at the shelters. We met two grandparents shadowing their grandson and his dog as they hiked the AT, a group of seven girls, a south-bounder and many more. It was a great experience that will forever stay with me. Thank you Scott, N3SW, for hiking with me. If you want to view some pictures of this great hike, just click on the link below. http://wa3wsj.homestead.com/Hiking.html 72, Kangaroo Ed, WA3WSJ _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
