Delaware Water Gap, PA

Cattywampus and Iceman arrived into Delaware Water Gap, PA yesterday (Thursday) evening in the pouring rain. Actually, it stopped raining a few miles before town. We stayed at the church hostel and were fortunate enough to arrive an hour before a big hiker feed hosted by the church and town folk. What luck! It was super crowded however, 20-25 thru hikers; definitely the most thru-hikers we've seen at one place. Kind of crazy. Cool town though. Taking a zero day today for mental and physical mending. DWG is right on the PA-NJ border so when we hike out tomorrow we'll be leaving this state for good. Since this is our last stop in Pennsylvania I've got the hankering to write an...

Ode to Pennsylvania
Oh Pennsylvania, you suck
You really, really suck
No, seriously, you suck big time
You are hot, buggy, spring-less, rocky, poison ivy-filled, viewless, and you smell bad too
I thought I was going to like you when I first met you, but sometime after Duncannon your true spirit shone thru
Tomorrow I leave you for good, hopefully forever
Good riddance, who needs you?, coal-shmoal...
F.U. PA!!