The weather was looking really good for the upcoming weekend. Since we have become fair weather backpackers we decided to head to our home away from home for the weekend: Allegheny National Forest. Besides what else would we do for our 39th anniversary?
We started in Dunham Siding and took the North Country Trail south to Minister Creek. We stayed on the North Country Trail through Minster and followed the trail east up the side of the valley, crossed Minster Road and planned to meet our friends and camp in this section of the trail. We did not see another backpacker until we hooked up with our friends Ed and Anita. These days that is a minor miracle. We did talk to 2 crew trails and thanked them for their efforts.
We did have an interesting encounter in the middle of the night. About 3:00 am, Leann let out a little scream and said a mouse had run over her head. We turned on our headlights to try and find the little bastard. We could hear it running outside, Leann realized she must have had her head against the tent wall and it felt like it was on her but it wasn’t. Sammy slept through the whole thing.
Wonder where we will be for number 40?