Over 600 miles!

Wow! Lyle has over 600 miles done. They left Pearisburg this morning and are camping on a ridge this evening. It was a beautiful day for hiking with clear skies and lots of sun. What a joy after all of the rain. Although Lyle did see his breath the other morning in the tent--they've been having unusually low temps overnight but there is a warming trend heading their way.

Lyle and Plugger are hiking with Lone Star now. She is from Texas and took some time away from nursing to hike the AT. They met a few days ago and they will plan to stay together as long as possible. Lyle found a place to download his chip in Pearisburg and I have 4 cd's of photos heading my way. Pictures from Hot Springs through the hike into Pearisburg. I can't remember how many it turned out to be but I'll have lots to choose from to load on the blog! He plans to be in to Troutville in 5-6 days and that is the next "big" stop. Lyle found out that when Neil (Lyle's son) lived in Radford he hiked this portion of the trail. Neil told Lyle that there are a lot of really neat things coming up so Lyle is really looking forward to the next few weeks. I hope they continue to have good weather and manageable grades!