Flying to Maryland

So I left Seattle on a Tuesday night to get to harper's ferry which is about an hours train ride from D.C. or it should be anyway. So I left at 10:10 Tuesday night from Seattle so that I could get to north Carolina by 6am then spent another three hours waiting for the flight to D.C. I got to DC at 11 and went to union station to get my train ticket to get to Harper's Ferry which was to leave at 4pm so I had about 5 hour to wast in DC. SO what did I do but sight see. So I got to see the white house which was ok, I got to see the Washington monument which was rather tall, I got to see the WW2 monument pool which was gross and green looking from all the ducks going to the bathroom in it, and lastly I got to see the Lincoln memorial which I have to say was a great place to visit. For me it brought into perspective all the things you learn in school about the civil war and the fight for equality it takes it from just plan history to real life. So I say all of that to say I really enjoyed the Lincoln memorial. Oh and if you can never take a train ride with Amtrak, what was supposed to take an hour took well over two hours, and they even had to bring the police on board because someone passed out in the aisle of our car. The first time the police tried to get on the train didn't stop at all it just went right past them and then the second them the train stopped in the middle of the city so we were blocking like three intersections for like thirty minutes and half our car had to be evacuated for our safety. Anyway I made it and am now hanging out in Maryland around Baltimore have some good time with Kathryn's family. I wrap this by saying hello to all in Seattle and I hope the weather has turned nice for you cause it seems to have fallowed me all the way here.

The iHiker goes back!

So from the title you can probably guess that I am finally going back to the AT. It has been a long couple of month since I left the trail, It will be really exciting to get back on the trail and I am very much looking forward to it. Anyway for those of you who are interested I will be heading over to Washington D.C. on the 24th and will meet up with the rest of the gang in Harper's Ferry on the 25th. I just wanted to say a couple fo thing about being back home and heading off again. I first off I want to thank those of you who were there for me when I needed it, I found that with in the first couple of days, of being home, how much I missed the trail and how bored I was being back. So for those you who were there even just to hang out with, I thank you. Second while for most of the time that I have been home I have longed to be back on the trail that doesn't mean that I didn't enjoy the time I got to send with my family or friends nor did I regret my desicsion to come home. I think I needed this in a way because it made me realize just what I had left, and with that I look forward to the time left I have at home and to heading back to the trail. I will of course miss all of my family and friends but I go this time knowing that I will get to see you all in three months rather than in half a year.