Re: [at-l] Re: September 10-12 Maryland Hike

["Cora Drake" <cora_drake@hotmail.com>]

Ditto all recommendations below.  Just camped at Antietam last night and 
paid a visit to Tumbling Run.  Water is okay there.  Tenting looks good on a 
grassy area on the way to the water.

You'll hike past Antietam where there's a spigot (go past shelter and over 
creek to low springhouse just before baseball field).  There's just a hint 
of fall color -- and maybe some cool sleeping by next weekend.

-- Just Playin' Jane
(just back from playin' angel to the invisible Sounthbounders. Not many in 
lower PA/MD/northern VA yet; ATC in HP has had 17 sign in; Bears Den has had 
its first signer -- but he says he's #9 or 10 that he knows of.  He's Lord 
of the Flies.  We saw only Maceo -- at PennMar -- but Ahab had signed the 
Boiling Springs register and both mentioned Aquaholic, Crockett and another 
whose name I can't recall.)


>From: Slyinmd@aol.com
>To: johno@mail.monmouth.com, d.h.j@home.com, jsoles@tmnlaw.com,        
>rgrichards@erols.com, Bakwudz@aol.com, DAVIDJSCHULTZ@compuserve.com,        
>ryan_j@erc.montana.edu, PaddyBeer@aol.com, j_kennedy@netzero.net,        
>Jim.Ianora@halo.com, BackpackingLight@onelist.com,        
>at-l@backcountry.net
>Subject: [at-l] Re: September 10-12 Maryland Hike
>Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1999 10:02:20 EDT
>
>In a message dated 9/5/99 8:31:24 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
>johno@mail.monmouth.com writes:
>
><< Some of the folks already going are working on shuttling vehicles from
>  shelter to hostel. >>
>
>One potential logistical proble I see is that the Deer Run Creek Shelters 
>is
>close to 3 miles from Route 16 or Menzer Gap Road.  On the other hand,
>Tumbling Run Shelters is only a tenth of a mile off Old Forge Road (in the
>same general area) and has ample tenting space, it's a nice area!  If you
>look at the map, Antietam Shelter, looks close to the road, but is rather 
>run
>down and lacks decent camping.
>
>Other than that, if I don't have to work on Saturday, we'll see you there
>Friday night.
>
>Sly
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