I walked 40833 steps on the trail today.
I traveled about 14 miles today.
7/22/17 Both yesterday and today found us high on mountains with the noon sun pounding mercilessly.  But, today we planned our hike for it and the coming days appear to be similar.  Water scarcity on the PNT is much more of an issue than I expected. We filled 3 liters each before leaving camp with an expected 10 dry miles to a possible spring on Mt. Henry.  If that spring was dry then we'd have 4 more downhill miles to a large creek.  It was a good plan. From 6:30 to noon, we hiked up and down mountains and ridges with no water sources.  Fortunately, it was a cool morning which made the climbs more manageable. The spring we hoped for had a small pool of water, so we could refill and add a small extra climb to the summit of Mt. Henry and see the lookout. As we approached, a loud dog barking welcomed us, then a friendly hello from a man in the lookout.  Bob, and his dog Benny, had hiked up from his truck yesterday to do volunteer maintenance on the old structure.  It was a wonderful time chatting with Bob while the relentless wind roared over the mountain, chilling us in the bright sun.  After a long restbreak, we still had to descend the mountain to water and over one more climb to our camp site...