Hiked a short section of the AT today with my brother Chris. We ran into a section hiker named Don. He makes us look like pikers. He is 70 and so far has hiked 1,600 miles of the 2,200 mile trail whenever he can get away from work. Yeah, he is still working after retiring from teaching. This morning, hiking alone, he started at Dahlgren Backpack Camp and was headed north for a shelter just above of Rt 40. He does about 10 miles a day. We met Don at an elevation of 1,350 feet at GPS coordinates 39 30 28 N and 77 37 16 W. Go Don!
Don
We were headed south to the Washington Monument built by citizens of Boonsboro, Maryland in 1827 and restored by the CCC, Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s during the Depression.
Washington Monument
View from the base of the Washington Monument.
Access to the inside and top of the monument is currently blocked because it was struck by lightning in August 2015 and the structure is being evaluated for safety.
Large paper wasp nest we encountered just to the side of the trail.
The AT footbridge over I-70
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