May 8, 2016 - Finished Crossing the Cumberland Valley

Cindy, one of the six owners of the Holly Inn

Today I hiked 9.4 miles.

Check out the open mic sample link near the bottom of this page.

Cindy, Rose and Marie are 3 of the 6 owners of the Holly Inn. Cindy shuttled me around most of the 3 days. Marie shuttled me on two occasions. Their shuttle service was a remarkable deal, if I stayed in their hotel the shuttle rides were only fifty cents a mile. Other commercial shuttle drivers were charging $1.50  to $2.00 a mile. After 3 days my total cost was just $30 plus $50 a night for the hotel.

 The red section is was my route on May 8th

Cumberland Valley
Youtube video of this location

Cumberland Valley

Valley Brook

Selfie?

An arrow point my way

Nice

Mushroom hunters bounty

I met some mushroom hunters and they told me about a mushroom hunters club they belong to.

Mushroom hunters bounty

Cow hair balls on a fence

 The register at a farm maintained by the ATC

Nap time at the farm

Trail register

Yesterday I met two flopfloppers, one from England named Roller and another named Riglay (both female). Today, reading the registry at the farm, I recognized two names, Riglay and  Roller! I finally know some hikers in the register, Later when talking to some other thru hikers they said that they had seen my entry's too! I must be a real thru-hiker now.

I ordered too many wings back at the Inn (12)

The last two nights at the Inn had a band that could play well but couldn't sing and a karaoke night with no one that could sing. Tonight though it was open mic night, finally some music I could listen to! The young man was really quite talented. Played many instruments and had a wide vocal range. Listen to a small sample of three songs: at my youtube channel. 

My room at the Holly Inn