July 13th - Harrisburg, PA

​Hank's cousin, Adrian, and his pit bull, Kam, led us on a hike up the nearby Appalachian Trail where we connected to the Mason Dixon trail for a hike of about five miles and a few hundred feet of climbing. We didn't get any more than a peek-a-boo view from the ridge. But we met a mid-20-ish couple from Flint, MI, who were hiking the entire Appalachian Trail, having started in Georgia in mid-April. They expected to finish the hike in September in Maine.

We enjoyed talking with Adrian about live music, nutrition and future plans. The dogs got a great workout! Adrian joined us for a lunch of leftovers from our lunch at Heather and Rabiou's and dinner at Tina and Kurt's. Then we gave him a tour of our trailer. 

We dropped in to visit Hank's cousin, Aaron-Nicole, to see her travel trailer she drove from Texas to PA to live in while she decides how to invest the proceeds from the sale of her home in Texas. Her 35-footer with three slide-outs, was quite a bit more spacious than our 19-footer, which has no slide-outs. What would we do with all that space?

Later we met Hank's brother, Joe, his sister-in-law, Jenny, and their 15-year-old nephew, Will. Hank's niece, Heather, joined us, too. We had a delicious meal at their favorite restaurant - Gilligan's.  It wa fun to catch up and reminisce together. The hike earlier in the day, exacerbated Hank's cold symptoms, which had shown up on Sunday. So we had to make an early night of it.