July 2 1973 - 4.7 AT miles - 3 miles to town

(this daily journal was kept and rewritten by my sister Laurie and presented to me as a gift - I now rewrite it here for you)

We didn't rush getting up this morning cause we had to go into Palmerton for supplies. We're practically out of goodies and lunches so instead of pressing to the Delaware water Gap, we hitched into Palmerton. Found an A&P, bought lots of candy, munchies, and general good stuff; went to the park to eat our potato salad and repack the food, then went to a restaurant for lunch. Hiked 2 m. back to A.T. and climbed out of Lehigh Gap. We had plenty of time and my stomach wasn't feeling especially good after guzzling down a milk shake in town so we stopped a few times on the way up. The views were impressive. We reached the campsite (4 m. after Lehigh river) and rested. A group of kids came by and stopped to talk. Dan found us cause he heard the guitar. Don and Dan found a blueberry patch so we picked another quart.

(Dan Welch was an electrical engineer with the Navy and would talk incessantly about thing nobody else could understand. He was simultaneously entertaining and exasperating)