Today was one of my final days in Pennsylvania, and the hiking was certainly memorable.

We started our day in the Jailhouse Hostel, not an actual jailhouse but a basement reserved for hikers to use. The town was Palmerton, quite a hiker friendly one. We went to. Bert’s diner, and I ordered a banana split for breakfast.

Afterwards, I was still hungry, so I got some eggs too. We walked around town a bit. They had some strange things, like fishing bait vending machines.

When we started hiking, things got exciting.

The whole day was fairly rocky, but that first mile of climbing was the real climbing. It was surprisingly intense – the first time that I felt a risk of death on the trail! It has been an exciting day, and now my body is ready for rest.