6/06/06 Tuesday: POGO Campsite to Tumbling Run Shelters (23.0mi)

PICTURES:
1. Proud Tokyo Hiker...
2. The Ensign Cowall Shelter, a unique hut built in 1999 by volunteers from 3 organizations... the PATC (Patomic AT Club), students from Gallaudet University, and the Model Secondary School fof the Deaf (MSSD)
3. View from Raven Rock Hollow...
4. View of Maryland/Pensylvania from High Rock, MD
5. Thats Fal and Hercules from Allen Gap, NC (near Hot Springs). Just happen to be passing through as I was having lunch... Thanks again for the pop and the company... I enjoyed them both immensly.
6. View from a park bench at PENMAR park...
7. Had dinner here at Antietam Shelter, a very nice setting...

It was a nice cool morning, and I was out by 0815, a bit later than I wanted though... I did sleep well... I walked briskly the 5 miles to the Ensigh Cowall shelter and had to take a pic of this Memorial hut... I signed the journal, checked for entries of others I knew who were ahead of me, had a snack and was quickly off... I passed a couple of southbound hikers, the second of which caught my eye... An elderly Japanese gentleman from Tokyo who was going to Harpers Ferry from Dartmouth College, NH. we stopped and chatted to about 20min. He recounded a few stories of previous hikes, in his broken english, and was very proud of his AT experiences. He is only given a 2 month visa for each visit, and this is his third section hike... and he was loving it!!! WOW... I crossed Md491 and made my way to Raven Rock Hollow... We havent had many vistas in Maryland, but when we get em, they are astonishing... I continued on to PenMar County Park, Cascade, MD for lunch and once again couldnt believe the view, this time from my picnic table... WOW... Also got some Trail Majic there, with some great company for lunch... After 75min it was time to go and cross over to Pensylvania...:) I wanted to take a picture bye the Mason-Dixon Line sign but someone stole the damn thing...LOL... I still had a ways to go so I continued on to have Dinner at the Antietam Shelter, a lovely setting bye a brooke. The shelter is on the outskirts of a state park, the trail leading through it and right by a water tap on the way to my final destination of the night Tumbling Run Shelter... There was only one other hiker there, I set up in the shelterfor a peaceful nights sleep...