The past three days have taken us through Maryland to the edge of Pennsylvania. It didn’t turn out to be the easy state I’d remembered.

We were honored to have the company of Laurie Potteiger from ATC as our hiking companion for part of the first day and she was a charming and informative guide to all things AT.

Another member of the class of 2019 passed me and I was reminded once more that it isn’t the big animals that you need to watch out for.